Fabio Quartararo receives a new engine for MotoGP Malaysia: “It was noticeably better”

Fabio Quartararo will have another new engine to use at the MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix, which he says was “clearly, clearly better” during testing.

Operating on a concession basis, Yamaha continues to work on the development of its 2024 M1, bringing a number of new major parts to the races throughout the season.

At next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, Quartararo will have a new engine to race, which will likely give it a bit more power.

“It’s hard to expect anything now when you get to the track,” he told media, including Crash.net, on Thursday in Sepang.

“In the past, we kind of knew, ‘this one is good, this one isn’t so good.’

“But right now we have no idea, and the thing is, we have new things to try this weekend. We have a new engine.

“For my part, I want to test more different things in electronics. I’ve wanted to try something different for a long time, also when it comes to my driving style.

“But I have to try something, the bike has to give me different things. So we will introduce quite a big change to the electronics.

“Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s bad – I don’t know. But at least, I think we’re not able to think about one specific outcome and try for something big that can be very helpful to us.

He added: “I tested it but only for a few laps and I had a problem with the electronics not working properly.

“Alex (Rins) tested and it looks like it was clearly, noticeably better. My well-being wasn’t bad either.

“Normally it would be more powerful because Alex and I also have different engines and mine has always been less powerful.

“That was the one I liked the most, so I hope this one is more powerful.

“Honestly, when I tested it, I didn’t feel much of a difference because we had a problem with the electronics.

“We had many, many things to test. So I don’t remember exactly, but it looks like it gives us more power, and from the outside you can see that we are introducing one new exhaust… well, “new”.

“We put it on, we take it off, we put it on, we take it off. So that’s what we’ll be using this weekend.”

Quartararo wasn’t sure how many engines he’s tried this season, but he believes it’s currently “four or five.”

The 2021 world champion showed good speed at last week’s Thai GP, where he qualified sixth and had good pace in the Grand Prix despite being eliminated early on by Franco Morbidelli.