MotoGP: by castigating Yamaha in Austin Fabio Quartararo further convinces Valentino Rossi to stay with Ducati. Much to Lin Jarvis’ dismay?

In Austin, this Saturday, Fabio Quartararo made an unsurprising comment given the facts observed for several seasons already, which show that the M1 project at Yamaha is outdated. It is still not a surprise and it is therefore with full knowledge of the facts that the 2021 World Champion has chosen to extend with the brand until 2024. The declared intentions have not changed anything in a disrupted technical situation in MotoGP by the investment and ingenuity of Ducati that the Japanese mocked when the first fins arrived on the fairing, and not only that. After the Austin Sprint race, Fabio Quartararo declared himself out of contention for the title race, while the third Grand Prix of the year has not yet been run. And as the M1 will not change, suffice to say that as long as he is at Yamaha, he will never be World Champion. A stated conviction that Valentino Rossi could only hear. To the great dismay of Lin Jarvis who only dreams of finding him, but as boss of his brand's satellite team?

That being said, what is said today Fabio Quartararo is very well known to the Doctor who experienced the origins of the now widespread evil when he was still a pilot. But still, stating this on motorsport.es has some scope when it comes from a 2021 World Champion driver with Yamaha which renewed its contract with the manufacturer until the end of 2024: “ with the bike we currently have, we can forget about the championship. It's not even a question of thinking about it ».

In fact, there will be no question of thinking about it for a long time because a new project will not emerge at a time when we are starting to think about the regulation after 2026. There would be no point in overturning the table and untie the purse strings now. During this time, Lynn Jarvis uses all his influence to assure his employers that he can bring back Valentino Rossi at Iwata, but as boss of the VR46 which would become a satellite team, returning the M1 squad to four on the starting grid.

Valentino Rossi: “ we want to go to races hoping to finish in front » and Fabio Quartararo clearly says that it is impossible with the Yamaha

But what would Vale do in this mess? Fabio Quartararo has just confirmed to him that he would have nothing to gain from it and moreover, on SportWeek taken up by Motoracing, the eminent Doctor said: “ with the Yamaha, it would be good, but you have to see the competitiveness of the motorcycles. We want to go to races hoping to finish in front ". He adds : " our results also come because we have the Ducatis, which are scary. These are the best bikes and we did well to choose them. That makes the difference. We have a three-year contract with Ducati, also for 2024, and I don't think that will change ».

What is likely to change, however, is the policy of Yamaha . Its current World Champion declared out loud what everyone is thinking, namely that its M1 is definitely outdated and, as it stands, there is nothing more to hope for. No one will want it, and that makes sense. His illustrious champion from another era will not make a sacrifice in the name of the good time spent together. So, ultimately, why continue and see yourself ridiculed every Grand Prix weekend? By the way, after the race debacle Sprint from Austin this Saturday, Yamaha is ranked last of the five manufacturers competing in MotoGP. At two points from Honda, out of this rut ​​by alex rins.