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Getting grip from 2022 Yamaha MotoGP bike “a bit of luck”

Getting grip from 2022 Yamaha MotoGP bike "a bit of luck"

Quartararo has endured an inconsistent start to his title defence this season, with the Yamaha rider struggling to ninth in the opening round in Qatar before putting on his best-ever wet weather display in Indonesia to take second.

The Frenchman has made no secret of his unhappiness at the lack of progress Yamaha has made in improving the top speed of the YZR-M1 this year, while noting in Qatar that he was having a lot of rear grip problems.

This weekend’s Argentina Grand Prix will take place at a Termas de Rio Hondo circuit that has been used little since MotoGP’s last visit in 2019.

With the weekend schedule losing Friday’s running due to freight delays, this could complicate bike set-up for the Yamaha rider – who admits “you can’t do many things” to prepare his bike for a low-grip scenario if a track is very dirty.

“How to prepare, I don’t know,” he said on Thursday at Termas de Rio Hondo.

“To be honest, it’s a situation where you can’t do many things.

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