Fabio Quartararo was the main Yamaha in final Sunday’s Qatar GP down in eleventh and 17.701 seconds off race winner Francesco Bagnaia on the manufacturing unit Ducati.
Workforce-mate Alex Rins additionally struggled, lacking the factors in sixteenth on his debut for the Japanese marque.
This led to 2021 world champion Quartararo stating that Yamaha is “further than ever” from its European rivals, regardless of being one among solely two producers with full concession advantages at its disposal.
Chatting with Canal+ after the race, Meregalli shared Quartararo’s frustrations and praised the Frenchman’s efforts within the grand prix.
“Fabio did what he might for the second,” Meregalli stated. “We’re lifelike. We noticed what we might do right here two weeks in the past, throughout the exams, after we did the race simulation. We already noticed the extent.
“In fact we aren’t blissful, we’re lifelike and goal. We now have listed what we now have to do, nevertheless it takes time.
“We’re making progress, we now have improved prime velocity, aerodynamics, and we now have to realize it to proceed progressing. We now have loads of work to do.
“I’m upset, sure, however glad as a result of we now have performed what we might.
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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“We now have collected information, we progressed after the dash race, as a result of we had a degradation downside. It was nonetheless occurring on Sunday, however much less so.
“We now have modified issues, now we actually know what we wish to do, the place we wish to go, nevertheless it takes time.
“We aren’t magicians. We all know what must be performed, and it takes time to get there.”
Meregalli additionally famous that Quartararo’s strategy to racing has now modified as he “now works with the target of progressing”.
“Quartararo’s work this weekend, even when it’s only the primary, has been good,” the crew director added.
“It’s a totally different method of working. A few years in the past he was solely making an attempt to win, now he works with the target of progressing, gathering all doable info and do exams.
“We already tried new issues in Mugello, we’ll do it once more in Portimao. The programme is kind of tight and we must cowl as a lot as doable.”