Yamaha team director Lin Jarvis on the eve of the Australian GP: the Quartararo title race and the satellite team of the future.
These are days of trepidation for the Yamaha team and for the world of MotoGP. Three races to go Fabio Quartararo continues to lead in the standings, but the advantage over Pecco Bagnaia has been reduced to a skimpy two points. The Phillip Island GP will be decisive for the fate of the championship, the Frenchman cannot be wrong after the tumble collected at the Chang Circuit less than two weeks ago.
His foreman Diego Gubellini has taken, as reported by Sky Sport MotoGP, all responsibility for the zero collected in Thailand. His decision to get on the grid with a higher front tire pressure, an error also due to the lack of data in the wet. Now we need to turn the page and focus on the Australian weekend, where the YZR-M1 has what it takes to win.
Quartararo in the running for the World Cup
Lin Jarvis, Yamaha team director, remains optimistic in view of the race for the world title. While having to admit the too many difficulties encountered in the second half of the championship. “We need a good result, the last six races have been difficult. The second part of the World Championship was more complicated for us, because the Ducatis are in place and there are so many of them. Fabio is the only Yamaha rider and he is alone against everyone“. No help will come from a Franco Morbidelli in black crisis on this M1, it is useless to hope for rookie Darryn Binder or test driver Cal Crutchlow.
It’s about a Yamaha with a single tip and several technical problems, starting with the most well-known: the lack of power to the four-cylinder in-line. Hence the decision to hire the engineer Luca Marmorini, former Formula 1 and Aprilia, together with his staff of technicians. “We need a bike that’s easier to ride. We work on aerodynamics and have been using a new frame for some races. We are still too conservative, we have to change the way we work“.
Now, however, mind and heart are turned to the last three stages of the World Cup, starting with the weekend in Australia. After Valencia, it will be time to think about 2023 and Lin Jarvis wants to find a new satellite team as soon as possible after the farewell of RNF that will be joining Aprilia from next year. The focus is all on Mooney VR46 Racing Teambut it will be difficult to snatch it from the Ducati competitor: “We do not know if we will succeed by 2024 because contracts must be respected“.
