Franco Morbidelli experienced an improvement at the Argentine Grand Prix, the second stage of this MotoGP season, but, unfortunately for him, he has not yet confirmed it during the meetings which followed. It is therefore once again in doubt and on the defensive that he presents himself on the starting line of a meeting with an official Yamaha whose lease is being negotiated firmly for next year. Apart from the lack of plan B for Lin Jarvis, except to bet on a newcomer, nothing predicts an extension of the Italian-Brazilian just by reading the results. But Fabio Quartararo's teammate has another analysis.
Franco Morbidelli addresses this French Grand Prix with this now well-rehearsed speech showing that we fight against bad luck with good heart in the box Yamaha stamped with number 21: “ we know we are going through a difficult time, but anything can happen. The weather can change and we need to have the right attitude and approach this weekend as aggressively as possible, to get everything we can ».
Compared to his teammate fabio quartararo who announced that he would work at Le Mans on the new chassis tested in Jerez, the work plan of Morbidely is different : " we tried different solutions during testing, but nothing seems to help, so we won't use anything here. We will continue to work and there will definitely be new updates and solutions ».
Franco Morbidelli: “ I would happily stay with Yamaha because I have not been able to achieve what I would like to achieve with this team »
Then he talks about his future, which is really being decided at the moment and which should reveal itself even more clearly after the next Italian Grand Prix. “ My confidence in Yamaha does not change because we are all aware of what we are missing and I am also aware of what we had. This is what keeps me hopeful because there are still aspects of the old bike that were much better and which are specific to us ».
« There are also things we need to look for in the dark areas, but already by pulling out all the stops, the M1 could once again be one of the best packages. Unfortunately, we are not succeeding now, but I remain confident because it is in my nature and because I see that there is desire within the team he explained.
Then he comes to the point about GP One : " as for the trust that Yamaha has in me, we should go ask them. My perception is that this year I am going quite hard compared to my teammate. This was less the case last year, but this year I'm giving him a big battle and it's not insignificant ».
From there, he concludes: “ I would happily stay with Yamaha because I had great satisfaction with this Yamaha, I get along very well with the people within the team and I also have a pending mission, because I have not been able to achieve what I would like to achieve with this team. I think we're already talking about it. My staff are so good that they take care of these things completely, keeping me calm ". It will be recalled that Morbidely is managed by the VR46 Academy.
