Fabio Quartararo is delighted to have a 2019 Yamaha M1 model

While he was to ride on a "degraded" version of the Yamaha YZR-M1 satellite of the Petronas SRT team, the French Fabio Quartararo discovers the premier class on the handlebars of a prototype very close to the official motorcycles. Explanations.

Fabio Quartararo is leaving Malaysia with a smile: not only has he completed "200 laps in 3 days" on the Petronas SRT satellite team’s Yamaha YZR-M1 to be classified as the best French rider in these MotoGP tests just ahead, but above all he benefits from ” a 2019 motorcycle as evolved as that of his teammate Franco Morbidelli. 

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The French beginner was initially to ride on an M1 version B, less advanced than the version A devolved to Morbidelli and close to the official motorcycles of Rossi and Viñales.

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"A very good bike to beat us this year"

The two pilots of the Petronas SRT team will ultimately both ride on a vintage 2019 M1, even if Fabio’s should take slightly less revolutions / minute and benefit less quickly from the developments validated by the official pilots..

"Yes, I am indeed lucky to have the 2019 motorcycle!", Rejoices El Diablo who is aiming for the title of: "I do not know more about the specification, but we have a very good motorcycle to fight this year !"

"In Qatar we will have to work on braking"

"This morning I had a decent time going under 2 minutes, but my weak point is that I still have trouble making a qualifying lap", notes the beginner at the end of the three days of tests at Sepang. "I am nonetheless very happy because for the first MotoGP racing simulation in my life I felt very good physically. For me it was a new discovery – with the heat and a 60 ° track, it is very difficult – but we did well ".

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"After the race simulation we started to test different things again and we found a small improvement at the end of the day," he continues. "In Qatar we will have to work on braking and the first corner will be a good place for that, because it requires braking very hard. This will be our main focus of work since in the fast corners we are already comfortable. ".

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