04
Apr
2022
Quartararo “didn’t expect” Yamaha’s early 2022 MotoGP struggles
The Yamaha rider suffered a lack of rear grip in the opening laps of Sunday’s Termas de Rio Hondo race and slumped from sixth on the grid to 13th.
He eventually took the chequered flag in eighth, though was 10.215 seconds from race winner Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia.
It continued an inconsistent start to the year for Quartararo, who struggled to ninth in Qatar and was second in…
