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After so much pain Yamaha seems to be on the upswing proof of this is the eighth place of Alex Rins and even more so the sixth place of Fabio Quartararo at the end of the Malaysian GP. Something unthinkable at the beginning of the year that bodes well for 2025.
"I'm happy considering that we started the race with the front I don't like and with the rear quite used with already 5 laps on the shoulders. In the end the result was quite good and we can be satisfied. It was not easy the first lap and in particular the first corner having started with a discarded tire after three laps in free practice and the rear one already used. In the second start, however, I was in a better position, I braked late and it went much better especially if I think about what had happened in the first one," said the Frenchman.
Returning to the spectacular incident in the first few laps that could have led to worse outcomes, El Diablo recounted, "I don't know what happened and I haven't looked at the pictures. It seems to me that someone hit me on the inside and then I felt like a blocking and it was Miller's head. I didn't know how he was, but then I met him in the paddock and I was glad to see him in good condition because it was a scary crash."
After the red flag, the transalpine returned to the track with the second bike. "It was very different in set-up, so the mechanics had to work on it for a long time, and the engine was also slower. It was the spare bike for the whole weekend, in fact we had already used it on Friday when I had an engine failure. I would say we handled it very well."
On the M1's growth in this last remnant of the championship, he said, "Are electronics the key? No, I don't think so. You certainly can't find half a second only with more grip. We need half a tenth from a little bit of all the elements. We have taken a step forward, but we need to take more. The good news is that we have some ideas that we haven't vetted yet, so the winter will be challenging for the engineers."
In spite of the critical issues encountered, for the Nice driver, 2024 has been on the upswing: "We can take positives from every circuit encountered in the last period. Japan was the most critical one, but we had passed Q2, in Australia and Mandalika the pace was very good, in Thailand we were fast in dry and wet qualifying sixth. Here we started eighth and finished in sixth after doing fifth in Buriram. So it will be interesting to see the progress made since the summer at Montmelo."
And just on Dorna's choice to go to Barcelona as a replacement for Valencia, he said, "Excellent choice. As far as we are concerned it is a complicated track because of the very low grip especially in the last two years, but trying there will be useful."
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