Yamaha has made a ste𓂃p forwards at the Malaysian MotoGP, acc⛦ording to Fabio Quartararo.

Both Quartararo and his factory Yamaha teammate Alex Rins had used upꩲdated electronics in Malaysia, which Quartararo accepted was a step forward, even though he expects more to come in terms of performance in other areas.

“I don’t think it’s [electronics] the key, but we w💃ill never gain half-a-second by only finding the grip, by one thing,” he said.

“I think we have to find half-a-tenth somﷺewhereꦛ, half-a-tenth by the electronics, half-a-tenth by the swingarm, by the power.

“I think that we made a step clearly, on [electronic🦋s], and ﷺI think there are many more steps to do, but the good thing is that we have a lot of ideas that we don’t try yet. The winter will be busy for the engineers.”

Alex Rins, who was able to race in Malaysia with a new specification of Yamaha’s MotoGP engine, was alꦬso happy with his Malaysian Grand Prix, although he felt his potential would have been higher had the first start not been red flagged for a crash involving Quartararo and the two factory KTM riders: Brad Binder and Jack Miller.

“Inside our 🐻possibilities, we did a step forward, especia💃lly starting on the Yamaha so far [back],” Rins said.

“Honestly, since Saturday I was feeling quite 🌜good on the bike.

“Unlucky, this red flag: I d⭕id an unbelievable start, I was there fighting with Marc [Marquez], but anyway I give it my maximum𓆉, I try to control the tyres as much as possible.

“Still, we need to improvওe, we need to understand why the drop is still quite high. But honestly we are working in a good way.”