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MotoGP: Team Yamaha Boasts Quickest Rider

Reigning 2021 Champion Logs Fastest Time at the Misano Test

This past Wednesday saw reigning 2021 MotoGP Champion, Fabio Quartararo, logging the quickest times at the Misano Test. Media sourced from Motorcycle Daily.
This past Wednesday saw reigning 2021 MotoGP Champion, Fabio Quartararo, logging the quickest times at the Misano Test. Media sourced from Motorcycle Daily.

The jury is out – and of all the machines on the Misano’s Wednesday circuit, Yamaha’s Monster Energy team saw the quickest rider!

Doing the honors was none other than Fabio Quartararo, who – according to a press release issued by Monster Energy Yamaha via Roadracing World – is really liking the bike Yammie gave him. 

This past Wednesday saw reigning 2021 MotoGP Champion, Fabio Quartararo, logging the quickest times at the Misano Test. Media sourced from Motorsport Magazine.
This past Wednesday saw reigning 2021 MotoGP Champion, Fabio Quartararo, logging the quickest times at the Misano Test. Media sourced from Motorsport Magazine.

The relevance of this is night and day; if you recall, Quartararo refused to sign on with the Japanese marque until they were able to give him a bike worthy of his talents at the yoink – and fair.

This is MotoGP’s reigning 2021 Champion, after all. 

His improved feeling with his YZR-M1 put the Frenchman in a great mood as he tested fairings and winglets in the afternoon,” states the report. 

This past Wednesday saw reigning 2021 MotoGP Champion, Fabio Quartararo, logging the quickest times at the Misano Test. Media sourced from Roadracing World.
This past Wednesday saw reigning 2021 MotoGP Champion, Fabio Quartararo, logging the quickest times at the Misano Test. Media sourced from Roadracing World.

“Quartararo clocked 288.3 km/h in the pre-lunchtime running on Wednesday, third on that metric at less than 2 km an hour slower than Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racig) Recorded on one of the Bologna Bullets…‘El Diablo’ admitted he used a slip stream to achieve that speed, but was still quite happy with what the Iwata manufacturer has rolled out.”

With the 2022 World Championship not too far away (and a purported new chassis situ for Team Blue), we’ll be looking forward to seeing the results hit the 2022 docket. 

This past Wednesday saw reigning 2021 MotoGP Champion, Fabio Quartararo, logging the quickest times at the Misano Test. Media sourced from Roadracing World.
This past Wednesday saw reigning 2021 MotoGP Champion, Fabio Quartararo, logging the quickest times at the Misano Test. Media sourced from Roadracing World.

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*Media sourced from Roadracing World, Motorsport Magazine, and Motorcycle Daily*