Fabio Quartararo says his lacklustre begin to the 2025 MotoGP season on the Thai Grand Prix was right down to his manufacturing facility Yamaha having no grip from the off.
Yamaha seemed robust in pre-season testing and was anticipated to make a aggressive begin to the yr at Buriram final weekend.
Whereas Pramac’s Jack Miller impressed along with his fourth-place in qualifying and prime six tempo within the grand prix earlier than a free fairing noticed him drop to eleventh, the manufacturing facility Yamaha did struggled.
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Quartararo put his M1 tenth on the grid, which he transformed to seventh within the dash earlier than slumping to fifteenth within the grand prix having been gradual from the beginning.
“From the start we had the difficulty with the grip, that I used to be struggling rather a lot to… at first I assumed it was to heat up the tyre,” he stated.
“However on the finish we checked. On the primary lap I may probably not push, I couldn’t lean the bike, the bike was simply sliding.
“So, I misplaced lots of positions and sadly I used to be not in a position to make an important race and an important tempo. Was fairly troublesome one.”
Fabio Quartararo explains Thai MotoGP tyre woe
Quartararo stated within the remaining pre-season check that he wasn’t proud of the entrance tyres Michelin delivered to Buriram, whereas the stiffer rear casings additionally labored in opposition to the Yamaha.
For the grand prix, Quartararo was compelled to make use of the arduous entrance as a result of the gentle wasn’t suited to his braking type.
“Yeah, it [the soft front] collapses and already I used to be battling the arduous, and the rear didn’t assist us this race,” he added.
“Particularly on this race the gentle ought to have helped at first, but it surely didn’t assist.”
Yamaha’s most important subject of a scarcity of rear grip is one thing that might show to be an issue on the upcoming Argentina GP, because the Rio Hondo circuit is usually very soiled.
However Quartararo is cautiously optimistic {that a} return to the usual rear tyre casing for Argentina will show helpful.
“It’s going to be troublesome for us,” he stated.
“All the pieces with low grip in the intervening time is kind of sophisticated, however let’s see with completely different tyres additionally.
“However I believe the casing will probably be identical as regular and this will even assist us.”
Quotes supplied by Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren
