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Quartararo: "I Decided to Leave Yamaha Last Year at Valencia"

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— QUARTARARO: "I'M NOT REALLY HAVING FUN. I DECIDE

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Fabio Quartararo has revealed he had already decided to leave Yamaha by the time of last year's Valencia test. As officially confirmed this July, he will race for Honda's HRC in the 2027-28 seasons. He cited Honda's faster decision-making, an early-started 850cc project, and a willingness to take risks as qualities he felt Yamaha lacked.

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Sergio Higuchi

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Sergio HiguchiComentario sobre Racing · MotoGP

In the pits, decisions like this get locked in long before they go public. The moment Quartararo realized 'this isn't fun anymore' at that Valencia test, it was already over in his head. Honda moving fast enough to launch an 850cc project early — that's the kind of engineering urgency I respect.