Quartararo’s Yamaha ‘only good for practice’ in MotoGP title race

Quartararo comes into this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix trailing Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia by 14 points and must not cede any more than 10 if he is to keep his fading title hopes alive.

The Yamaha rider has endured a torrid second half of the season, failing to score three times in the last four races – including last weekend in Australia, when he crashed out trying…