Fabio Quartararo will be the highest paid racer on the MotoGP grid in the 2025-2026 period with a total of 25 million Euros for two years. However, what netizens have been asking all this time is whether this number was the main variable in Fabio’s decision? And to Canal+ Quartararo himself explained as follows.
“We are not going to fool ourselves, I think so, that as a rider I have value, and Yamaha knows it well. For me, it is an honor that a brand like Yamaha invests in me. I have been with them for several years. Reason number 1, of course projects for the next few years. “From a financial perspective, I think that’s a small part of what is taken into account in this contract,”
Fabio Quartararo continued, analyzing the reason why Yamaha dared to invest this much in him and in the Yamaha MotoGP project as a whole, because they didn’t want to be like Honda, which lost a superstar like Marc Marquez, “I think Márquez’s departure from Honda to Ducati made many people at Yamaha aware.”
“They have recruited a lot of new engineers, and a lot of things happen in Italy (team headquarters) and not in Japan. They can change the parts completely. “I think it is very interesting for me to continue with Yamaha,” he continued.
“Of course, I really understand [that people are doubtful about his choice] because even I, a few months ago, was very ready to leave for another team,” Quartararo said bluntly. “I won’t say [which one] but, of course, Yamaha invested a lot of money to get a better bike.”
“I think they are the only brand that has invested so much in this project. We’ll see some improvements this year. I think this season will be very difficult, we are already fighting for some podiums, but I think the work we do now will be very important for the next two years.”
“Honestly, I also have an ego, I have self-esteem. We won the title with Yamaha. We are at our lowest point in the last two years. I counted it too. I want to return to the top with a brand that gave me the opportunity to change my career, with a brand that changed my life.” concluded Fabio.
