Will Fabio Quartararo quit Yamaha? Decision “soon, we will see…”

The Yamaha rider is into the final year of his contract and, with his bike seemingly no closer to restoring him to the front, he could opt to leave.

Quartararo will not be short of admirers, with Aprilia credited with a particular interest in acquiring his services.“But I will not spend months to make a decision.Since winning the 2021 MotoGP championship, Quartararo’s Yamaha has fallen further and further back.His teammate Alex Rins came home in 16th.

Yamaha hope to take advantage of the concessions rule by arranging a private test, 24 hours after this weekend’s Portuguese MotoGP at Portimao.“It will be interesting to see how it’s going.“We will talk about the test on Sunday night to check what we will use, what we will test.Yamaha recruited Massimo Bartolini and Marco Nicotra - two engineers from Ducati - as a major indicator that they plan to turn their fortunes around.

But they also arrived at Portimao for this weekend’s second round of the 2024 season playing down any hope. Massimo Meregalli, the Yamaha team director, warned: “The changes we are trying to make are no quick turnarounds – the significant progress that we're looking for will require time and hard work.”2024 F1 Australian Grand Prix - Friday Practice - As it happenedLando Norris tops first Australian GP F1 practice as Alex Albon crashes out

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