There is a lot to do at Yamaha at the moment. The M1 no longer finds the level it should be, the Iwata firm has lost its satellite team Tech3 without having yet decided on another, and now we learn that its next fairings could be lightened with a color and a logo which have the good idea of contributing to the budget of the MotoGP adventure. Lynn Jarvis definitely has a lot of work…
Movistar has been an economic partner of Yamaha in its adventure at the highest level of motorcycle racing for 5 years already. A lease and a contribution which may end at the end of this year. Which would be a loss of earnings. The fault is the negotiations on TV rights carried out with Dorna and which are not leading in the direction hoped for by Movistar… Whose proposition of paid programs has not been crowned with success in recent times.
As a result, the famous letter M could well disappear from the box struck by the tuning fork. Certainly, but for what plan B? Petronas is in the area but for a very specific purpose: to play the leading roles in a satellite team. Monster is already in the space and could see its own M gain volume, moving the official machines from blue to green. Possible but not yet guaranteed because the same energy drink is also hoped for at Suzuki.
The protagonists will talk about all this again during the next round in Assen. Discussions which will also concern Valentino Rossi because the Italian counterpart of the Spanish Movistar, Sky, is experiencing the same disappointment while being prey to the same doubts about the continuity of its investment...
