Australian Grand Prix, Phillip Island, MotoGP J.3, Lin Jarvis: “it’s fantastic but the problems remain”.

It's done ! Eighteen months of frustration, disappointment, tension, 25 races watching others pop champagne on the top step of the podium, all this is now a bad memory since this race at Phillip Island. A Australian Grand Prix won masterfully by a Maverick Viñales of the good times on a Yamaha of the good times. What reason to say that the bad period is now behind and to be put away in the aisle of bad memories? Yamaha general manager Lin Jarvis suddenly wipes his smile and thunders: no, nothing is settled…

Iwata's troops have come too far and have gritted their teeth enough not to give in to the euphoria of a success that will absolutely have to be confirmed. Unless you fall from a height. Again. But what is taken is no longer to be taken. Good times have been rare enough lately to not shy away from pleasure: “ we are very happy with this victory after a long period of failure " Explain Lynn Jarvis. " Maverick had a good weekend, from the start he was fast straight away and racing well. At the start of the Grand Prix, we were scared because we were only tenth in the second lap. He started slowly, then he found a good rhythm and he quickly overtook his opponents. It's fantastic, we are happy ».

That being said, there was also the case Valentino Rossi, sixth on the finish line…: “ he started well, he was very fast. Halfway through the race I thought I could do a double, but he lacked a bit of traction and it was annoying. We know we need to work in this area ". By the way, Vinales had taken a combination of soft-hard tires while the Doctor was on medium hard.

Lynn Jarvis then realigns the sight: “ it is true that when the circuits are not difficult for us, therefore without too much braking or acceleration, the problems we have are less visible. We had good races in Thailand and Australia, but that doesn't mean we are out of our problems ».

He adds : " I spoke to Valentino about the situation. He and Maverick have different settings, but not too far apart. We need to look closely at the data to understand why Rossi had more problems. However, even Vinales' tire was finished by the end of the race ».

Now, heading to Malaysia, but also towards 2019… “ we are happy that victory has come now. We have already decided that changes will be made quickly on every track in the future. We are working, we have to do a lot of things to be fast right away in 2019. This victory is very motivating, I am happy for the team because we have not won for a year and a half ».

Australian Grand Prix, Phillip Island, MotoGP: classification.

1	25	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	40'51.081
2	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	+1.543
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	+1.832
4	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Ducati	+4.072
5	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	+5.017
6	46	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	+5.132
7	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	+6.756
8	21	Frank MORBIDELLI	Honda	+21.805
9	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	+22.904
10	38	Bradley SMITH	KTM	+22.940
11	17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	+34.386
12	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	+35.025
13	45	Scott REDDING	Aprilia	+36.348
14	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	+36.389
15	10	Xavier SIMEON	Ducati	+44.214
16	12	Thomas LUTHI	Honda	+48.226
17	81	Jordi TORRES	Ducati	+ 1'04.965
18	7	Mike JONES	Ducati	+ 1'19.817
		Not Classified
	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	5 lapses
	55	Hafiz Syahrin	Yamaha	9 lapses
	26	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	16 lapses
	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	22 lapses
	5	johann zarco	Yamaha	22 lapses