Yamaha has won more than any other team this year, but it has also suffered two shames: The first was the penalty in the constructors ‘championship because of valve failures, the second was thanks to Petronas in the drivers’ championship thanks to its own satellite team Franco Morbidelli.
More than anyone else, just Ducati may have to face almost the same challenge as they face two riders against 2021 who, for one reason or another, have not been entirely satisfied this year.
However, compared to the Borgo Panigale team, Yamaha has another problem: Valentino Rossi’s departure from the works team. A potentially devastating changenot only now, but also for the future.
If indeed, Lin Jarvis plays a low ball on the subject, he realizes that being number one on the “Factory” team He cannot afford to be beaten by his Malaysian friends again.
Franco Morbidelli, the best driver from Iwata, is “locked up” because he does not have a further developed M1, but the “Spec A” 2020. However, Even Valentino won’t have it – upon receipt of the 2021 for the Sepang tests (if any) – Updates that will be available in real time throughout the year. Can that be true?
From what we’ve learned, Iwata would work on this new aerodynamics. The fairing for next season will be very different from the current one, with new wings as well as one different dynamic air intake.
Logical changes at the request of the drivers who wanted more power and with Engine development at standstill, all that remains is Working on SupplYY
The news is that from the initial tests, Rossi will still have the new disguise. so that he can judge it. Committed to noblesse or rather oborto collo?
That’s right because It’s not that Yamaha has all that freedom of action … its main sponsor, Monster, will migrate to the Petronas team disguises as well. probably in the position currently occupied by “Visit Malaysia”: a message that it makes little sense to keep in these Covid times.
And with an annual contractand the redefinition of the Team Dorna agreements at the end of 2021, It takes little to understand who might have the upper hand in the face of the media power of the Tavullia phenomenon If the treatment doesn’t satisfy them completely, who could decide… stop driving for Iwata’s team and steal the ball? Metaphorically speaking, sponsor and driver versus other fronts. Perhaps, if his brother Luca Marini does, the Suzuki or Ducati adventure begins under the best patronage.
That is why it is not in Yamaha’s interest not to fully satisfy Your famous “former” Highness. Also because Soft Frankie has every reason not to be satisfied after finishing the world championship in second place, also because he did not receive a 100% official M1.
So the Yamaha Factory team is under pressure. A pressure that both drivers Maverick Vinales and Franco Quartararohave shown that they still cannot fully manage.
In short, the start of the next championship, which has yet to deal with the long tail of the pandemic, will not begin on a carpet of roses for Lin Jarvis. While it may seem hard for him and his group to tell, the enemy will be … just around the corner in the garage next door!