At Yamaha, it seems that we are expecting a lot from a 2020 season where, fortunately, the Iwata factory is also expected. Lin Jarvis, usually reserved, has difficulty hiding his impatience to see hostilities resume on February 7, the date which will mark the return of MotoGP with the first tests of the year. The director of the official team even promises that his M1s will this time be close to the Hondas and other cutting-edge Ducatis…
New faces, riders who have found the right path and a bike which slowly but surely seems to be catching up, it's nothing to say that all the indicators are green at Yamaha at the start of 2020. Especially since the last part of the 2019 season devoted a Maverick Vinales on the last step of the final podium, while the first tests of the off-season were encouraging.
An ascending current which thus warms the spirit of Lynn Jarvis : " I expect to be closer to our rivals » he predicts for the upcoming campaign. “ we have really good ideas. At the end of the Valencia test I realized there were a lot of new faces in the team. There are new engineers and I really believe we are on the right track. We have managed to “correct” our mistakes made in the past. »
Progress has indeed been made, but there is still work to be done to keep the pace high in the race where it will be a question of eradicating the grip problems at the rear while increasing the top speed in the straight line. This without losing the good agility in changes of direction and, in general, the handling which has always favorably characterized the M1.
In this regard, the Sepang test, scheduled for February 7 to 9 in Malaysia, will give answers, but the same Jarvis precise on InSella.it : " I expect to see improvements in speed and power and to see opponents more closely. We have great drivers and the best possible team. »
In 2020, there will be four official machines. Two entrusted to Maverick Vinales et Valentino Rossi, and the others to the Petronas SRT team with fabio quartararo et Franco Morbidelli. The new M1 will be presented on February 6, just on the eve of the first seasonal test. This year the wait is long, due to the excellent end of the 2019 season achieved by Casa Particular in Viñales…And we are waiting for the name of the person who will be in charge of the tests in Europe on the track. Jorge Lorenzo would hold the rope...
