RiderTua.com – Since Ducati and KTM have no place for Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha and Aprilia are the most sensible manufacturers considering the decline that Honda continues to experience. Quartararo always maintains the same stance, namely to organize his future as quickly as possible. But with so many potential top riders available, it is expected to explore its options elsewhere.
Since joining Yamaha as a newcomer, Quartararo has gone from strength to strength and as a result the French rider has become invaluable to the Japanese manufacturer.
If Quartararo goes to Aprilia, his salary will be higher than Aleix and Vinales
Quartararo is starting to become the ‘face’ of Yamaha like Marc Marquez at Honda, the decision to stay could also be because he is in no rush to leave, in contrast to Marquez who moved to Ducati this season. The thing to remember here is that, compared to Marc, El Diablo is much younger, he is only 24 years old. This is a little surprising. Looks like he’s going to be a little more mature than that. He didn’t have the urgency like Marc because previously Marc had said, ‘I can’t keep waiting and I can’t be patient, I need that bike (Ducati) now’.
Fabio can wait a while and in 2 years’ time if the changes have not produced results, at that time he will still be 26 years old. He will still be below his peak which usually occurs in his late 20s when everything is going well. This is not his final decision regarding the MotoGP team.
He has a long future and in terms of money that is one of the factors why he chose to stay at Yamaha. In this case, it is the manufacturer who says how much they want and trust Quartararo and this is how much they want to keep him. All of those things come into play. Only Fabio knows what he wants and what he is negotiating. We have heard rumors about Aprilia, Ducati has a lot of riders, KTM also has a lot of riders so that leaves Aprilia. Aprilia is the bike that is most similar to Yamaha, so Aprilia will be the main alternative. There seems to be a discussion between them, because the riders will discuss with everyone to see what possibilities are out there. How serious it is, we don’t know.
The initial amount of 4 million to recruit Quartararo is much more than the salaries of Aleix (Espargaro) and Maverick (Vinales) who have been at Aprilia for a long time now, but Aprilia is not a rich team. They don’t have big sponsors like Monster and all these factors have to be considered. Time will tell if he made the right choice..
