Fabio Quartararo likes the best way the Yamaha V4 MotoGP bike “rides” however says it’s too early to get his hopes up on the venture after the Valencia check.
The Japanese producer introduced over the weekend that it’s going to formally retire its inline-four MotoGP bikes in favor of the V4 venture it developed final yr.
Tuesday’s Valencia check gave race riders one other likelihood to problem the V4, with Fabio Quartararo main the best way in fifteenth place with a time of 1 minute 29.927 seconds.
Quartararo wasn’t too impressed with the V4 when he examined it for the primary time at Misano in September.
And whereas his suggestions on the bike after Tuesday’s Valencia check was cautious, he did have some phrases of reward for the bike.
“It is too early to say whether or not I am joyful or not,” he mentioned.
“We did not do numerous laps. For me, I spent numerous time altering numerous issues within the settings, as a result of we clearly misplaced the texture on the entrance, which is our largest level.”
“So we spent numerous time within the storage.
“We tried to vary numerous issues. Happily, now we have yet one more day tomorrow. We hope it does not rain, however it’ll be an necessary day.”
Yamaha will stay in Valencia for a non-public check on Wednesday.
Moreover, he added: “As I mentioned earlier, at present was a very quick day.
“I actually didn’t have time… all the pieces was in a rush and I used to be simply excited about making the bike work.
“So, as I mentioned, tomorrow will probably be particularly necessary to seek out the route of the chassis, electronics, engine and aerodynamics.
“So at present was a day for me to get again on the bike a little bit bit and attempt to perceive it a little bit bit extra, as a result of the driving fashion is completely different than the four-in-line.
“However I like the best way the V4 rides.”
Quartararo’s time within the V4 was barely sooner than his finest time in an inline-four of 1:30.020.
However when requested if this gave him hope that the V4 venture would begin on the identical stage because the previous bike, he mentioned no, as he did not push the inline-four engine to its limits on Tuesday.
“No, not but. I simply did two laps this morning on a typical bike, medium tires and fairly a little bit of gasoline.
“This afternoon we have been on delicate/delicate tires, looking for the restrict.
“And it is improved by an element of 0.5. So it is too early. We have to work onerous and provides our engineers one of the best route to get a really feel for what they’ll do.”
