New MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo has frequently emphasised the need for Yamaha to address its top speed deficit to the Ducatis for 2022. Unfortunately for the young Frenchman, if such major engine updates are in the Yamaha pipeline, they won't be arriving until next year's Sepang test. Quartararo described the 2022 prototype seen during Thursday's opening day at the Jerez Test as basically the same prototype bike he tried at Misano in September. "Well, we tried a really similar bike to Misano [test]. Well, to be honest it was the bike as Misano," began Quartararo, who set the ninth fastest time (+0.707s). "So we tried that and then we tried more things that is a...
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