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Franco Morbidelli will recharge his batteries in the winter break after a very complicated MotoGP season. His future with Yamaha remains in doubt.

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Franco Morbidelli – Motori.News

A disappointing season ends for Franco Morbidelli who has hit the top 10 only on two occasions, in Indonesia and Malaysia. 43 points collected in twenty races, 19th place in the standings. If it is true that you have to hit the bottom to re-launch upwards, this is the right time to start again, but it will not be easy to adapt your driving style to this. Yamaha M1 that only Fabio Quartararo seems able to push to the limit.

In the Valencia testsomething went wrong“, The French admitted. The Iwata prototype continues to complain of problems with the engine, despite the fact that in the Misano test in September they reported some steps forward on top speed. Instead, the gap from the Ducati on the straight remains quite substantial. “It’s strange because we expected more power from the engine – echoes Franco Morbidelli -. We need to understand why this is so, the engineers will definitely keep an eye on the engine problem and study it. We will find a solution for next year“.

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Morbidelli on break waiting for the future

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Yamaha “wand” Franco Morbidelli – MotoriNews

Try to keep optimism high, the 2020 world runner-up certainly has no intention of giving up. “The engineers were able to gather a great deal of information in the field of aerodynamics“. It will be essential to start on the right foot in 2023, because his contract is due to expire at the end of next year and Toprak RazgatliogluTurkish Superbike champion, seems willing to try the jump in the premier class.

Now is the time to rest and train for next year. At the end of the month he will participate in the 100 Km of Champions, will try to look for stimuli and that mental click to take a further step on the Yamaha M1. “Everyone deserves a break, it’s been a very long season“Explained Morbidelli. “We spent 80 percent of the season catching up with the others. It hasn’t been an easy season, but everyone needs a break to recharge their batteries so they can start 2023 in the right way ”.

Lin Jarvis he hinted that Toprak could be a good idea for Yamaha, with Kenan Sofuoglu’s assistant who has long been interested in the premier class, but only with a factory team and a winning project. At that point for Franky it would be a question of finding a way out that is not easy, given that almost all the contracts have been signed until the end of the 2024 season.

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