Lin Jarvis, at the finish of the last Spanish Grand Prix, clearly showed his disappointment at the anonymous race of Franco Morbidelli, his second official Yamaha rider. While his first, Fabio Quartararo, had competed for victory at Pecco Bagnaia, the Italian-Brazilian finished his performance in fifteenth place, more than 27 seconds behind the red Ducati GP22 followed by the sister M1. The same Morbidelli only scored 18 points compared to 89 for his leading teammate in the provisional general classification, with only one place in the top ten in six races. In view of this assessment and the criticisms of the boss in addition to the candidates for his position jostling at the gate, we began to fear for the future of the former Moto2 World Champion. Which forces Lin Jarvis to make this clarification…
Franco Morbidelli is now an official Yamaha rider and he does not meet the brand's expectations. It is the least we can say. To the point that in recent weeks there has been speculation that Miguel Oliveira had been contacted by Yamaha or that the Superbike world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu could take a place in the factory team, not to mention the contacts which would still be ongoing with a certain Raul Fernandez.
Alors que le Grand Prix of France will take place this weekend, Lin Jarvis wanted to bring a semblance of serenity to the VR46 academician. “ Franky has a two-year contract with Yamaha which secures his place on the factory team" , has explained Lynn Jarvis on Speedweek. « We want to fulfill our contract ».
Lin Jarvis: “ you never know what will happen in this business«
We therefore cannot be clearer but even if it means playing the franchise card, we might as well play it to the end and the general director of Yamaha Motor Racing takes the opportunity to set a road map for his pilot: “ we know Frankie is fast and can be fast. But he must rediscover his magic, his full of energy and his feeling with the bike. At the same time we are trying to make the bike more competitive. This will definitely help him too ».
Lynn Jarvis ends his demonstration by recalling that a signed contract does not necessarily write history: “ you never know what's going to happen in this business. I'm talking about driver decisions and injuries. If I think about the normal situation, Viñales should be with us in the factory team this year. But Frankie replaced him and normally his performance should be closer to Fabio's than it is now. I expected him to get up to speed quickly. ". So if Morbidely is not strictly speaking in danger, nothing is certain however as long as its results are this disappointing...
