“Really tough”: Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha ten seconds further from the top

It had been a similar situation in the Sprint, which Quartararo’s M1 completed 4.938s faster than he had managed last year, only for Yamaha’s European rivals to make much bigger steps.

Do the same for the race winning time and a 39m 48.881s for Fabio di Giannantonio in 2023 compares with 39m 34.869s by Francesco Bagnaia in 2024 . That is backed up by taking the final lap off Marquez's 2023 Honda GP time, creating 40m 4.242s over 21 laps. Zarco, who finished with Mir in his wheeltracks on Sunday, did that distance in 39m 52.944 .

Honda’s apparent progress relative to Yamaha was also reflected in the race results: Quartararo won the ‘Japanese Cup’ by a comfortable 7.136s over Marquez last November but could only hold off Zarco and Mir by less than one-second on Sunday.While it was expected that the new Yamaha would struggle in qualifying - with ongoing rear grip issues magnified on new rubber - the lack of race pace was something of a nasty surprise.

But Rins had at least fought his way from 20th to be directly behind Quartararo with six laps to go, when he hit major grip issues.

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