Neil Hodgson believes Fabio Quatararo will be the most disappointing rider on the MotoGP grid this season. Quatararo is expected to leave Yamaha at the end of the season.
El Diablo won the championship in Yamaha In the year They have been riding their bikes since entering MotoGP in 2021 and 2019. But with the victory drought extending until the summer of 2022, Quatararo is impatient for the project.
Even before embarking on the Yamaha V4 2026 specification, Quartararo agreed to join Honda In the year in 2027. This has Hodgson concerned about his immediate prospects.
The Frenchman was Yamaha’s best rider last season, dragging the slowest bike on the grid to ninth in the standings. He scored five pole positions – only world champion Marc Marquez bettered that – and single-handedly outscored the other three M1 contenders.
Neil Hodgson is concerned about Fabio Quatararo’s final year at Yamaha.
He asked to choose the biggest failure of the year Get off the gas podcast, Hodgson went with Quatararo. It will be a ‘long year’ before the impending divorce.
Every quarter He made angry gestures on his Yamaha bike on the first day of the Buriram test on Saturday, showing the extent of his frustration.
“I’m going to say as much as I like Fabio Quatararo,” Hodgson said. That seems like a done deal.
“He turns his back on the V4 project. It’s going to be a long year, there are 44 races. He’s sad.”
Hodgson’s partner Silvan Guintoli agreed, suggesting that Quattararo’s commitment to success could diminish if he knew he was leaving. It looks like Yamaha will be cutting the float on the back of the pack after changing the motors. They officially acknowledge that they need time.
“The first thing that comes to mind is the Yamaha V4 and the riders on that bike,” Guintoli said. “I think they’re going to struggle.
“I agree with Neil, there’s a psychological impact, if the bike doesn’t work, which it doesn’t immediately – and it looks like they’re already on the back foot – you’ll have riders like Fabio Quattararo who probably won’t go to the extremes they used to and won’t be able to go that long.”
The MotoGP team boss said: “It is unreasonable to pay a rider millions of dollars.”
Quatararo is not the only rider who looks set to leave his current team before the start of the season. Pedro Acosta (Ducati), Jorge Martin (Yamaha) and Alex Marquez (KTM) are all making early moves.
to speak The newspaperAn anonymous team boss asked why they were paying ‘millions’ to riders who wanted to switch allegiance.
“While it has happened before, it doesn’t seem very logical or logical to pay a driver millions of dollars to compete with another brand next year.”
Some feel that way MotoGP should have a transfer window. Like football in the middle of the year, but it’s hard to see how that would work in practice. A vehicles can be transferred by reaching informal agreements.
