While Fabio Quartararo no longer hides his frustration with the lack of competitiveness of his Yamaha, the boss of the European branch of the manufacturer Eric de Seynes called on his pilot to review his behavior.
Fabio Quartararo is losing patience more and more. While he fought at the forefront during the last two seasons, the French driver is struggling with a machine that is not at the level allowing him to play at the forefront. At the end of the Spanish Grand Prix, during which he finished in tenth place, “El Diablo” had called for change at the Japanese manufacturer, assuring that ” we are more sleeping than doing something good ».
A media outing which made the boss of the European branch of Yamaha, Eric de Seynes, react, guest this Sunday of the program “Les Grandes Gueules du Sport” on the radio antenna RMC. Indeed, the latter had little taste for the criticisms expressed by the 2021 world champion. “As a friend, I tell him stuff, confided the latter. When he said 15 days ago that we are all asleep, on Sunday morning, I said to him: ‘I warn you Fabio, you prevented me from sleeping’. »
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De Seynes: “We are all in this war”
It is especially the reaction of enthusiasts on social networks that seems to irritate Eric de Seynes. ” On FacebookI received a bunch of messages from guys who said to me: ‘So are you sleeping?’, added the boss of Yamaha Europe. So if you could spare me this kind of thing, it would suit me! Stating that “Fabio Quartararo is a champion”, having won the world title in 2021 before giving in to Francesco Bagnaia in the last race last season, Eric de Seynes also sent a message to “El Diablo”.
« A large part of the set said to him: ‘stop criticizing because your motorcycle, we would have liked to have it’he confided. We are all in this war, with increasingly demanding competitiveness. However, while he is forced to push his Yamaha to the limit as his fall this Saturday during the sprint of the Grand Prix de France demonstrates, Fabio Quartararo could think of looking elsewhere if a reaction does not arrive quickly from the side. from the Japanese manufacturer.
