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Commitment to Development from the Ground Up
The weekend in İzmir’s famous Üsküdar Race Track, with its ups and downs, once again shed light on the exciting world of motorsport. In particular, the challenges faced by the Yamaha team highlighted future goals and the team’s strategic moves.
Miller’s Strong Start to Q2
Australian rider Jack Miller directly qualified for Q2 for the first time this season, achieving the best qualifying performance of the year and securing 11th place. Despite successfully maintaining this position in the first lap of the sprint race, Yamaha riders had a significant disadvantage on the long straights against their rivals. This clearly exposed shortcomings in Yamaha’s engine performance.
Quartararo’s Admission of “Feeling a Little Stupid”
Factory rider Fabio Quartararo expressed the situation in striking terms, admitting that he “felt a little stupid” on the straights. His drop from 7th to 13th during the race demonstrated how deep the problems were within Yamaha’s overall strategy. Quartararo’s comments emphasized the need for Yamaha to take urgent measures to solve the engine’s acceleration issues on the straights.
Borsoi’s Criticism of Performance
Gino Borsoi, stating that they “suffered” compared to other manufacturers in terms of engine performance during the race, openly criticized the situation. As Borsoi pointed out, while the motorcycle generally worked well, the lack of top speed and acceleration performance in racing conditions led to Yamaha riders being at a disadvantage against their rivals.
Miller’s Improvements in Chassis and Front End
Jack Miller confirmed that Yamaha’s progress was overshadowed by the lack of performance on the straights. Miller stated that they had “taken a clear step” in the chassis and the motorcycle’s front-end feel, and that the rear tire’s grip performance had a positive effect. However, he emphasized that the struggle on the straights continued, and rivals easily overtook him in passing maneuvers.
Razgatlıoğlu’s Difficulties in Corners
WorldSBK champion representative Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, while struggling with various issues throughout the weekend, particularly in corner entry and braking, emphasized that he “found it very difficult.” The challenging track conditions and the strange grip level made tire management extremely difficult. He noted that he was following Fabio Quartararo on Friday and improved my lap time by more than a second, and that he understood many things about how to ride this motorcycle. However, he said that he lost that feeling after the crash in qualifying and did not feel confident enough in the sprint race.
Future Strategies and Analysis
Razgatlıoğlu stated that he would analyze all the data for Sunday’s race and try several changes, and that he would do his best to improve, providing important clues about Yamaha’s future strategies. The good performance of the chassis and electronic side would be an important source of confidence for the team to achieve its future goals.
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