Fabio Quartararo says he has “no targets” for the 2025 MotoGP season regardless of a constructive winter testing interval for Yamaha as “we’re nonetheless in as scenario the place we’re enhancing”.
After struggling its second winless season in a row in 2024, Yamaha seems to have hit the bottom operating with its 2025 challenger throughout the Sepang shakedown and two official pre-season checks over the previous month.
Quartararo ended the Buriram take a look at eighth on the mixed timesheets, whereas the Frenchman put in an encouraging dash simulation on Thursday in Thailand.
Yamaha’s sturdy winter kind has prompted some, together with Ducati, to contemplate the Japanese marque and Quartararo rivals for the approaching season.
However the 2021 world champion stays cautions of setting expectations forward of the brand new marketing campaign.
“I’ve no targets, no targets, nothing,” he stated.
“So, for me, proper now it’s too troublesome to set a aim as a result of we’re nonetheless within the half the place we’ve to enhance.
“We now have to suppose that in the intervening time we’re in a scenario the place we’re nonetheless enhancing.
“I feel that the targets shall be set simply earlier than the dash race and simply earlier than the race.
“I feel it’s higher to set the targets after we really feel already roughly the place we’re.”
Fabio Quartararo explains tyre subject
Quartararo has struggled with the entrance tyres Michelin dropped at the Buriram take a look at, with this persisting on Thursday.
“I feel Sepang the situations have been totally different,” he stated when requested if the hole to the entrance was greater than he anticipated.
“And in addition the distinction right here is that I didn’t have a fantastic entrance feeling, and I feel two, three tenths – particularly on the time assault – went away on this space.
“Then, on the tempo I feel, that like Malaysia, I feel that three tenths of the dash simulation we have been slower.
“And I feel right here three, 4 tenths slower than the highest guys.
“So, sure, I feel it’s fairly just like what I anticipated right here. Simply the time assault I anticipated to be sooner as a result of I didn’t count on to haven’t a very good feeling on the entrance.”
The Frenchman additionally famous that Yamaha has but to enhance its rear traction issues, however has gained on high pace with its 2025 bike.
“We didn’t enhance on the traction grip, sadly.
“We improved on the highest pace, which is one thing that we actually want.
“Then, like I stated, we missed nook pace with the entrance which is the place we have been struggling. So, hopefully we will have it right here through the race weekend.”