Massimo Meregalli gave a discouraging assessment after the Argentine GP, recognising the difficulties the team faced throughout the weekend.
‘It was a difficult Argentina GP overall, and this was not the end we had hoped for, especially for Fabi [Quartararo], though our riders did show perseverance. We weren’t strong enough this weekend for Álex to be able to fully engage in battle, but he managed his pace enough to maintain 12th place’ explained the Team Director of Yamaha factory team.
On the French rider’s misfortune, Meregalli added: ‘Fabio was unlucky. He got clipped at the start of the Race by a rival. Though Fabio fortunately stayed on the bike, it lost him a lot of ground. He was at the back of the pack, and his bike had taken a hit. It was difficult for him to catch up, but he still rode to 15th place and scored a point’.
Looking back at the first two GPs of the season, Meregalli was able to find some positives: ‘Looking back on these first two GPs, starting with the positives, we have been able to improve our qualifying. However, we lost something in terms of tyre degradation and pace, which was not an issue in the past’.
And concluded: ‘We have to investigate what caused this, and we look forward to the next GP at COTA to try again’.