Misano MotoGP: Fabio: FP2 will be fun, things we've never tried before

Keep a c𝓰lose eye on Fabio Quartararo dജuring Friday afternoon practice for the Emilia Romagna MotoGP, at Misano.

That'll be when the Petronas Yamaha rider, who relinquished the MotoGP title l🐻ead to Andrea ꦦDovizioso after falling in last Sunday's race, says he'll be experimenting with 'things we've never tried before'.

"We have a really good base on tꦓhe bike [from last weekend]," said Quartararo. "♛We have some things to try, concerning FP1 and FP2 and then we'll see what we do on Saturday.

Fabio Quartararo , Emilia Romagna MotoGP. 17 September 2020
Fabio Quartararo , Emilia Romagna MotoGP. 17 September 2020
© Gold and Goose Photography

Keep a close eye on Fabio♛ Quartararo during Friday afternoon practice for the Emilia Romagna MotoGP, at Misano.

That'll be when the Petronas Yamaha rider, who relinquished the M🏅otoGP title lead to Andrea Dovizioso after falling in last Sunday's race, says he'll be experimenting withꦫ 'things we've never tried before'.

"We have a really good base on the bike [from last weekend]," said Quartararo. "ꦍWe have some things to try, concerning FP1 and FP2 and then we'll see what we do on Saturday.

"But for me the important practice will be FP2, that will be the most interesting one because we will try some things that we never tr🌊ied before.

"So FP2 w🐈ill be fu🦂n, I hope in a good way! I hope we will find a good solution."

The Petronas Yamaha star won't pinpoint exactly what difficulties he is battling but did confirm after Tuesday's test he is '168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:struggling with the engine'.

Yamaha is thouಌght to have reduced some of its engine performance in response to valve failures at the season-opener Jerez events, where Quartararo took a pair of victories.

The young Frenchman has since made reference to "still not being with the full package" and eagerly awaiting "😼168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:things that we had and🅺 we need to have back".

"We have a really go🔜od bike. Not feeling exactly like Jerez. Because we still have some problems let's say that we need to manage by ourselves," Quartararo added last weekend, while hoping for 'good news' by Barcelona.

Yet having taken a lower-spec M1 to poles and podiums last season, despite riding wꦗith 500rpm less than the other Yamahas until Buriram, Quartararo would seem well placed to cope if peak engine outputಌ was his only issue.

So🌱 what is the difference in his situation compar🔴ed to last year?

"The difference is that from the beginning, in Qatar until Valencia, we had one package," Quartararo replied.༺ "In the last part of the season we got the 500revs, we got some improvements, but let's say the pace was always the same from Qatar to Valencia. We never had problems. Never. We worked well with the bike and just adjusted the settings. But no problems on the bike.

"With this [2020 factory spec] bike it's the first time that we faced problems👍. Unfortunately, I never had these kind of problems in my career and I was like, 'Wow. How can I manage it?' and I think this is why I was struggling a lot in Austria and Brno. Here was a little bit better but we are still struggling in this are🐻a that I need to adapt.

"Let's see if we can improve, but yes mainly the difference from this year to last year was that last year we had zero probl๊ems all year and this year we have quite some problems."

When asked if he would prefer to be on last year's bike, Quartararo again indicated that th♋e problems had arrived after his dominant Jerez victories, adding weight to the theory that it's related to measures taken by Yamah🍸a in the wake of the engine failures.

"Honestly, it's a shame that we have ♍these problems because I was really strong in Jerez," he said. "But as I said [when asked about last year's bike] on Saturday. It's not a yes or a no. Some bikes have some positᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚives and other bikes have other positives. It's just we need to work more on the 2020 bike to feel very good."

Quartararo's team-🌼mate Franco Morbidelli took his first MotoGP victory at Misano last weekend.

Yamaha then brought new chassis, swingarm and exhaust parts to Tuesday's test. The chassis looks to have been parked, but the swingarm and exhaust could be 🅠used during this weekend.

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