Fabio Quattararo has defied Paolo Pavesio’s demands by continuing to publicly attack Yamaha at the United States Grand Prix amid a disappointing start to 2026.
The Japanese giant sits last in the Constructors’ Championship after the first three rounds of 2026. MotoGP seasonOnly nine points to their name. The factory Yamaha Clothing and satellite crew Pramak They are the last in the table of the teams and they have nine and one points so far.
LCR Honda is ninth in the teams’ standings, with no other team having less than 22 points on their list. Honda sits fourth in the Constructors’ Championship with 28 points, while Aprilia leads the way this season with 101 and 69 points respectively ahead of Ducati.
Every quarter He is the star leader of the Yamaha riders, sitting in 17th place with only 6 points. Factory teammate Alex Rin When he got three points in the 18th Pramak runners Toprak Razgatlioglu And Jack Miller It is ranked 20th and 21st out of 23 with one and zero points.
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Fabio Quattararo ignored Paolo Pavesio’s request to make Yamaha’s complaints private.
Yamaha’s new 2026 V4 engine is costing them a fortune.The 1,000cc units are underpowered compared to their rivals with years of experience. But that’s not the only problem holding Yamaha back, as they had to build a new bike for their V4 engine as well.
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The situation at Yamaha continues to end Quatartaro’s hopes, which seem all but lost. “I have no idea” how Yamaha fix their bikes, says Quatararo “Couldn’t find anything positive to say about the V4 YZR-M1 this season and after three laps.
As he says reapingAfter the explosion of Quattro United States GP At P17 he showed ‘immediately ignoring’ the ‘half-warning’ of the Yamaha managing director. Pavesio He had taken it out recently. Pavesio Quattararo prefers to handle any issue from the V4 M1 home.
Pavesio recently explained that Yamaha understands the frustrations of its riders during the difficult start to 2026, but some issues should only be shared internally. But Quatararo went against Pavesio’s wishes and threw Yamaha under the bus again.
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Three-time World Superbike champion Razgatlioglu scored the first point of his MotoGP career in P15 as the Yamaha riders closed out the final four spots in the COTA final category on Sunday. Honda’s Joan Mir, Trackhouse’s I. Ogura and LCR’s Johan Zarco have retired.
Razgatlioglu was 1.178s ahead of VR46 ace Franco Morbidelli on the Ducati GP25 at COTA at the checkered flag. The Turkish star led Pramak’s Miller home by 0.760s, and took a 1.587s lead over Qatari – Rins finished 11.565s shy.
It remains to be seen if Yamaha will take any action to prevent Quattararo from causing more noises in future races. Yamaha banned its riders from speaking to the media in Thailand.But Quatararo is set to join Honda in 2027. So he might not bite his tongue.
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