Marc Marquez who won as Ducati dominated the Thai Grand Prix was almost shocking, but Carlo Pernat admits that “surprised” how bad a team was in Buriram.

Borgo Panigale’s team started the MotoGP 2025 era in style, as Marquez won the Thai GP in Ducati’s debut. Their bikes also locked the top four places with Alex Marquez or Gresini who divide his brother and Francesco Bagnaia between the stage sites last Sunday.

Marquez was in his own class in Buriram and would have won a much longer margin than his 1.732 second, if not to have to run behind his brother due to low tire pressure. Ducati saw Marquez quit the Thai GP lead until he hit the few rounds.

Yamaha ‘Surplized’ Carlo Pernat with how much Uncompetite Fabio Quartararo was in Thai Grand Prix

April enjoyed another steady result with Trackhouse Ai Ogura the Thai GP star in a P5 in front of the factory rider, Marco Bezzecchi. LCR Honda Ace Johann Zarco even had a strong race on the P7 in front of the best KTM pilot, Brad Binder, with Jack Miller the best Yamaha on the P11.

Miller could have finished higher in Buriram had the new rider Pramac not clinging to his bike from round 8. Aussie lost contact with the top package after losing a lot of aerodynamic stability while dealing with.

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Eventually, Miller’s aerodynamic stability meant meant that the Thai GP 22,315s had ended by Marquez. Pramac Miguel Oliveira’s teammate was the next best Yamaha rider on P14, another 3,782s rear, while factory riders Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins could only get P15 and P17.

Pernat admits he was expecting more than Yamaha and especially Quartararo in Thailand’s GP. The 25 -year -old got the checkered flag 26,456 from Marquez and claimed after the Grip races and his bike slipped from the beginning of the 2025th season.

“Yamaha surprised a little negative,” Pernat told GPone. “Something else was expected by them.

“Honda is approaching a lot of riders. They develop a little with the four riders they have. However, in the end, it has to be said that they did not go bad, Altheoth is still a long way to go.

“At least Yamaha, with Miller, showed something good, while Quartararo is completely missing from competitiveness.”

Fabio Quartararo will not like Yamaha does not solve their tire problems from the Buriram test

The issues with his tire were not Quartararo’s only issue last Sunday, as Yamaha saw that their season started badly and based on the pilot Prac Miller to lead their race. Quartararo competed with the heat in the Thai GP and if MotoGP will start in the 2026 season, the axis is expected.

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But while Pernat surprised, Quartararo seemed to expect Yamaha to start the year on the back leg. Although Quartararo leaves the Sepang test with some optimism, his mood seemed to change worse for the Buriram test in front of the Thai GP.

Quartararo looked “outraged and frustrated” in the buriram test and suggested many of them due to how the behavior of the front tire. Thus, it will prevent the Frenchman that Yamaha did not set the issue for the Thai GP, where he was able to qualify for the P10 and the Miller Just Tok P4.