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13-07-2025
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Fabio Quartararo admits 'tensions' within Yamaha over recent V4 comments
Fabio Quartararo offered a terse reaction to team boss Paolo Pavesio's statements that Yamaha wants to race its new V4 in 2026, saying his own MotoGP future depends on the team making the right decision. Quartararo has been a loyal Yamaha rider since his MotoGP career began in 2019, but his frustration with the current state of affairs has grown in recent weeks as expectations have been raised only to be dashed in the final reckoning. Advertisement Remarkable qualifying pace has seen him take four pole positions since April, but these have in general been twinned with dramatically disappointing races – including a technical failure that robbed him of a likely victory in the British Grand Prix. 'I don't know what he thinks,' said Quartararo, after journalists referenced Pavesio's V4 claims in Saturday afternoon's media session with the rider. 'I don't think he's too much into the technical side of things. 'But, in reality, they [Yamaha] know very well what they need to do to keep me. To be honest, I don't care whether it's the V4 or not, I just want a competitive bike for next year.' It's not the first time in recent weeks that Quartararo has issued Yamaha an ultimatum via the media. He said he 'needs a winning project now' at the Dutch GP last month. Advertisement Paolo Pavesio, Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director Paolo Pavesio, Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director Asked if relationships were getting tense within the team, Quartararo replied in the affirmative despite scoring a welcome third place in the sprint race on Saturday. 'Sure, it's getting a little tense, because we're always expecting more and more things, improvements. We can see that we don't really have any,' he said. 'With the V4, we're getting pretty good feedback, but the lap times are super slow. In reality, what matters to me are the lap times. The feeling with a bike can be good, but...' Quartararo's body language in Germany has betrayed his frustrations as much as his words. He beat his machine angrily at the end of Free Practice 2 on Saturday morning due to a technical issue. Then, in the Sunday warm-up, he again punished his M1 as he passed the chequered flag. Read Also: Franco Morbidelli to miss German MotoGP with collarbone injuries To read more articles visit our website.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
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Yamaha reveals ‘clear target' for MotoGP 2026
Yamaha boss Paolo Pavesio has confirmed that there is a 'clear target' for the manufacturer to race its new V4 engine in MotoGP in 2026. The Japanese team – the only one currently running an inline four in MotoGP races – has been developing the V4 behind the scenes since last year. The engine and bike conform to the current rule set, which ends after 2026. Advertisement This project is thus additional to that of preparing a new Yamaha for 2027, when all manufacturers will have to produce something different to conform to the 850cc formula. Speaking at the German Grand Prix on Saturday, Pavesio said the target was for the 'current-spec' V4 to race next year. While he admitted that it was by no means guaranteed that Yamaha would achieve that target, he explained that the V4 project would prove a worthwhile investment for 2027 either way. 'We have to move into this new engine configuration for 2027 for sure,' he said. 'This is somehow a bit of an unknown world. The bike is changing, the balance of the bike is changing, so you need to learn things. Advertisement 'This is why we have decided to anticipate the effort and maybe to build a bike for [only] one year… because we are still not sure that we will race in 2026 with the new V4-based machine – even if this is clearly the target. Paolo Pavesio, Yamaha Racing Managing Director, Lin Jarvis Paolo Pavesio, Yamaha Racing Managing Director, Lin Jarvis 'We need to start collecting new information and learn a new kind of configuration, looking to 2027 but already potentially starting from 2026. This is why we are doing what we are doing. 'It's an incredibly challenging but also exciting moment. We try to do as much as we can on the current bike to make it more competitive. I think, as we said, we have already seen a clear performance increase. Advertisement 'We are developing a bike for 2026 and we are also working in parallel on the bike for 2027. It's complex, it's exciting, but it's also needed if we want to be back where we want to be.' While the V4 bike has only been ridden by Yamaha's test riders so far, Fabio Quartararo is expected to try it in September. His team-mate Alex Rins saw the bike in action for the first time in a test at Brno last week, reporting that it had reached a level around two seconds per lap slower than the current race bike. Read Also: Yamaha's V4 is two seconds a lap slower than current MotoGP bike, says Alex Rins To read more articles visit our website.