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Yamaha shares Quartararo’s MotoGP engine frustration

Yamaha shares Quartararo’s MotoGP engine frustration

Quartararo spent much of the latter part of last year highlighting a need for Yamaha to improve its engine, having regularly occupied the bottom of the speed charts.

The reigning world champion expressed disappointment at November’s Jerez test when Yamaha’s latest 2022-spec bike proved to be of little improvement over its predecessor.

And at the end of the two-day Sepang test last weekend, in which he was seventh overall, Quartararo once again noted Yamaha hadn’t made any top speed gains with its 2022 bike, admitting he ended the test “not happy” in general.

Meregalli says the whole team “expected a bigger improvement” with Yamaha’s engine, and believes the area the marque must now focus to find top speed is in aerodynamic development.

“We share his point of view,” Meregalli told MotoGP.com when asked about Quartararo’s disappointment at Yamaha’s engine.

“We all expected a bigger improvement. They did a little step, we expected more. For sure, during the season we can’t work on…

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