Alex Rins believes no other Yamaha MotoGP rider, Fabio Quattararo, can get anywhere near the results of Max Verstappen in F1 when his bike won at Red Bull.
Rinses “There is no doubt” that it is. Every quarter He’s a “great rider” but doesn’t believe talent alone sets the Frenchman apart. Yamaha List of names He was clear top dog on the YZR-M1 in 2025 as he was on course to win the MotoGP riders’ title in 2021.
Yamaha promoted Catararo from former satellite team Petronas SRT to replace Valentino Rossi in 2021 and won the title that season. Subsequently, Quatararo won the second Yamaha rider with 206 points in 2022, 70 in 2023, 82 in 2024 and 122 in 2025.
Franco Morbidelli, running for Petronas SRT at Yamaha, was the last rider to finish ahead of Quattararo in the 2020 season. Morbidelli finished second to Joan Mir in 2020, while Quattararo, riding for Suzuki, was only eighth.
Alex Rins feels Fabio Quatararo’s experience on a Yamaha bike is impossible to match.
But Reigns Quatararo in 2011 He believes he can “rise up the ranks” among the Yamaha ranks in 2025, from when he teamed up with the M1, to his debut with the Petronas SRT in 2019. Yamaha will race the new version of the M1 in 2026 After swapping out their inline four engine to use a V4.
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The ability to push the Quattroro M1 to the same limit as any other Yamaha rider, Rins says. Mark Marquez From 2013-2019 and how they won six MotoGP titles for Honda Verstappen They won four F1 titles for Red Bull from 2021-2024, beating their teammates.
Rin said Sports: “Fabio is a very good rider, I have no doubt about that. He has raised the level of your Yamaha to a level that neither Jack Miller, Miguel Olivera nor I could reach.
But without taking any credit, the bike has been part of Yamaha for seven seasons, knows it better than we do, and has tweaked its features year after year.
“It’s the same with Marc Marquez and Honda, riders like Jorge Lorenzo or Pol Espargaro, and Marquez is the only one who can win on a bike. He’s the only one who knows how to ride.”
“Going to other sports is similar to what happened with Max Verstappen in F1. Red Bull tried Checo Perez, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda, but the only one who won was the Dutchman.”
Fabio Quattararo scores more points than any other Yamaha rider in 2025
Quattararo finished 9th in the 2025 MotoGP with 201 points, 17th with Miller on 79, Rins 19th on 68 and Oliveira 20th on 43. The 2025 season was the first year since Miller and Oliveira joined Pramac.
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It sees Yamaha securing more points than Miller, Rins and Oliveira in 2025. The 26-year-old was the only Yamaha rider to secure a podium or pole position. Quatararo finished P2 at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, where he took the first of five poles.
Rins especially saw That’s where the Quattro’s braking prowess makes the difference in the 2025; According to Yamaha data, the Frenchman gained eight-tenths of a second on the M1 ride. The Spaniard often felt that Quatararo would brake 20 meters later than last year.
It’s similar to how Quattararo called Verstappen number one at Red Bull after Yamaha’s dominant Daniel Ricciardo let go. Verstappen took 93% of Red Bull’s points in 2025, 74% in 2024, 67% in 2020 and 2021, 66% in 2019 and 2023 and 59% in 2022.
