Yamaha are looking to make improvements in 2026 after a disastrous start to the season, and they put in a brave performance at the Jerez test.
After four rounds. Fabio Quatararo It didn’t finish higher than the P14, showing that the V4 engine wasn’t a disappointment. Yamaha The new project Since they only started in 2025, you know you’re in for a rough start to the year.
While Iwata Clothing is optimistic about the future, Quatararo disagrees with Yamaha. According to him, the project has no motivation. too many Quatararo says he lost his love for driving. Constantly venting his anger about the bike to the media.
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After another tough weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix, the Jerez test gave Yamaha a chance to try new parts and gain some time. The timesheet indicated things were positive, Quartararo was P7, less than five tenths behind the pacesetter, Ai Ogura.
However, the next fastest Yamaha, Jack MillerHe was down in P17, with Toprak Razgatlioglu and Alex Rins just ahead of Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori. Clearly, Yamaha still has a lot of work to do, and Matt Oxley I saw it first hand in the garage.
Matt Oxley has never seen the Yamaha garage so ‘crowded’ at the Jerez test
Oxley and partner Peter Bohm discuss Yamaha’s struggles in Oxley Bom MotoGP Podcast. The former explained the difficulties they faced during the exam.
“They had a mechanical problem again. One bike, I mean, two bikes came back, one from an accident, one stopped for some reason.”
“It didn’t look like a complete shock, but somehow, somewhere behind the exhaust, they started working and it came out again. But still little things there that cost them much-needed track time.”
Oxley then shared what was going on in the garage: “It would have been nice to see them, I mean I’ve been outside the garage before, I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many people in a factory garage.”
But I mean, I’d love to see them doing their thing — without a doubt. They don’t play around and it’s good to see their work rewarded a bit. So we go to Le Mans and have a little less than a second to spare.
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Peter Bohm watched the conversation between Fabio Quatararo, Jack Miller and Alex Rins during the Jerez test at the Yamaha garage.
Razgatlioglu and Quartararo are having fun at Yamaha. As things continue with the V4 engine and the bike. However, the Frenchman is pushing for improvements as Miller and Rins were seen talking in the Yamaha garage.
Bohm added: “Gino Borsoy used to talk to us, too. He keeps saying, ‘Yeah, well, we started with a blank slate.'” Well, a year later, it’s not a blank slate for me, it’s got to be somewhere.
But I want it to speed up. Now that I think about it, they must have had something special this morning because after Jack came in with the bike, Fabio went up to Jack and wanted to talk to him about what was on the bike.
“Then Rince joined the conversation. It was something they wanted to share their thoughts on.”
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