Yamaha’s 2025 MotoGP season was one of disappointment, with the team finishing bottom of the standings.
The YZR-M1 proved to be very competitive during the race Yamaha Drivers who struggle to achieve consistent results. Fabio Quatararo He managed to secure a top-10 finish in the championship, but teammate Alex Rins only managed three top-10 finishes on the season.
Things weren’t much better at Pramac, with the satellite team finishing bottom of the teams standings 12 months after their win against Ducati. Quatararo was not happy with Pramac’s performanceJack Miller and Miguel Oliveira finished P17 and P20 respectively.
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The 2021 MotoGP champion showed his impressive skills in one lap with the 2025 Yamaha on his back. Teamed with Marco Bezcicci for the second-highest five pole positions of the season.
However, the Frenchman managed to turn only one of them into a podium, finishing P2 in Jerez. He was on his way to victory at Silverstone before falling from pole at Le Mans before the race ended in heartbreak.
Paolo Pavesio picks Fabio Quartararo’s Silverstone DNF as Yamaha’s ‘highlight’ in 2025
Quatararo seems to take the lead on the field British Grand Prix. But a trip height device failure forced him out of the race.
It may have been his first MotoGP win since 2022, but surely a certain victory was cruelly denied through his own fault. Despite this, Yamaha boss Paolo Pavesio Silverstone describes it as a ‘highlight’ of the season, as the bike has proven to give Quattroro the tools to be competitive.
Said through. Yamaha’s official YouTube channel: “As I said before, in this roller coaster, I think it’s probably a bit extreme to say, but the highlight of the season is DNF.
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Because, to me, the moment we can see the Silverstone Fabio can do what it can do, the bike is in the condition to do what it needs to do.
“Motorsport is, anyway, sometimes (a) violent sport, and small technical issues prevented a victory, which could have changed the conclusion of the season a little bit.”
But still this gives us proof that any detail is necessary. We have to pay attention. But yeah, regardless of the result, I really expect Silverstone to be the highlight of the season.
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Fabio Quatararo has named Silverstone as the ‘best and worst’ race of 2025.
Marco Bezecchi consoles Quatararo. In the media pen after the race. The Aprilia star inherited the victory, giving him the first of three victories in 2025.
Quartararo has described Silverstone as his ‘best and worst’ race of the season. He had been riding ‘really smooth’ all weekend, but a mechanical failure derailed his progress.
“The Silverstone GP was the best and the worst, I say that because I felt I was the strongest GP of the season,” he said.
“We finished P1 in qualifying, but we got 0.3 up to second. In the race, I was leading by five seconds, more or less, riding really…
‘Yamaha’s senior figures’ felt Quatararo was in good form. At the end of the week, and for the rest of the season, it was the expected level. But the M1’s lack of speed eventually got him down, and with the V4 – Quattararo threatened to leave Yamaha if it didn’t work out.
