Fabio Quattararo made his frustration clear at the Buriram test when he suffered a problem on his Yamaha bike.
It has been a difficult time for the Frenchman in recent years as he has struggled to produce top results for him. Yamaha Machinery. In the year He is threatening to leave the club when his contract expires in 2026.
According to reports, he has already decided to stop Yamaha, as Quatararo to join Honda From 2027. Looking at the performance of Iwata’s outfit in the 2026 test, it is not difficult to see why the 2021 MotoGP champion continues.
Every quarter Suffering damage on the first day of Sepang, the Yamaha suffered engine problems with their V4, which halted their action on the second day. A week before the season opener in Buriram, Thailand, matters continued.
Quatararo was P17 on the second day in the Buriram test.Faster than a second. A viral image on social media showed the Frenchman pointing his middle finger at his bike as he suffered further engine trouble.
Fabio Quattararo’s frustrated signs at Buriram ‘didn’t go well’ with Yamaha
Neil Hodgson thinks that Quartararo will be the biggest failure In the year In 2026, about Yamaha’s problems with the V4. The 26-year-old made his anger clear to the team, and according to Pit Lane reporter Jack Appleyard, it didn’t go down well on the inside.
Appleyard said from outside the Yamaha garage. After the flag: “Fabio Quatararo has become a test story as his frustrations begin to boil over.
“And especially on the side of this garage, it will be a big test of professionalism from Fabio and the Yamaha camp, to confirm what is clear, the frustration that has been shown is not pushing us throughout the season.
“Fabio didn’t hide his emotions well during this Buriram test, with pictures going viral on social media of him throwing the middle finger at the M1 and that didn’t go down well in the Yamaha camp.”
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Fabio Quattararo ‘cuts a frustrated and frustrated man’ after Yamaha woes
Elliott York later added that Quattararo’s body language when he spoke to him after the test was one of pure frustration and exasperation.
“Unfortunately, it’s going to be a real, real struggle for Quattararo, never to see his name near the top of the time sheets again,” he said.
“I talked to him yesterday, we heard on the post-flag show that we did, and just being around him, seeing how he behaves, how his body language is, he’s cutting a very, very upset and frustrated person.
“Part of him was expecting this. Of course he’s not dumb, he knows coming into this season it’s no easy task to let this V4 wear down so quickly.”
“The likes of Honda, Ducati, Aprilia and KTM, all with years and years and years of experience racing with a V4 engine.
“Yamaha, this year, it’s finally, and they knew this coming into this year, they had to take their medicine, use this as a platform to build on for ’27.”
