After the official Yamaha team which determined very early on its official pair composed of Viñales and Quartararo, after the Repsol Honda team which took a long-term lease with Marc Márquez, and after Suzuki which confirmed its desire to play the card young in the company of Álex Rins and Joan Mir, the Petronas Yamaha team should be the next structure to announce its lineup for 2021 and perhaps even beyond. Unless Ducati does the brakes. But the situation among Malaysians seems clearer…
At Petronas Yamaha, the start of negotiations on the post-era fabio quartararo has struggled to come to fruition, but now that they have been launched, the pace towards their conclusion is rapid. Johan Stigefelt , team principal of SRT–Petronas, who was also a former 250 rider and the team leader of the Stiggy Honda team in the SBK world championship, commented on Moto.it : " our team's intention is to define the drivers before the first race scheduled in Jerez »
Which means that upon arriving at Jerez mid-July for a Spanish Grand Prix which will launch a 19 season on the 2020th at least twelve races, everything will be set in stone. We know that the simplest situation to resolve is that of a Franco Morbidelli who no longer has to fear the shadow of a Jorge Lorenzo furtively seen. But it is on the name of his teammate that the attention stops.
“We need to involve our sponsors in this matter”
First of all, Petronas strongly recalled its vocation to reveal the young generation of pilots, rather than embellishing the end of the careers of veterans. But the latter is called Valentino Rossi, which puts it out of the norm. Stigefelt precise : " Rossi is the most important rider in MotoGP and one of the most famous athletes in the world: it is obvious that he is of interest to our team. But it is clear that we must involve our sponsors in this matter. I think everyone is interested in this solution, but the opportunity must be created. »
Under the impulsion of Yamaha , it will be, with or without direct contact between the “Doctor” and Razlan Razali, the highest representative of Petronas on the circuits.
