Valentino Rossi will therefore not be at the first Valencia party expected for this weekend. Certainly, the results of other tests on his COVID-19 infection are awaited, but at Yamaha, we have already made arrangements: Maverick Viñales will not be alone in the running since the American from WSBK on the R1 gerloff will make his debut in MotoGP. A snub for official test driver Jorge Lorenzo that the five world Grand Prix titles no longer influence the decision-makers at Iwata. The latter rather have in mind the last outing of Por Fuera in Portimao, and here is the result…
Jorge Lorenzo indirectly took a good one today by discovering that instead of a Valentino Rossi still infected with the coronavirus, there would be an American from WSBK. However, it is he who is theoretically the first replacement. As a coup de grace after having disappointed during a test session at the boot at Portimao on a 1 M2019 and after discovering thatAndrea Dovizioso had a good chance of replacing him at Yamaha next year. So, he cast his net at Aprilia, but it wasn't really his first option.
So, in the columns of the Gazette, he swings. And it starts with Yamaha : " s'they had let me ride like KTM with Pedrosa, it is clear that I would have trained regularly, but in June Yamaha informed me that there would be no more tests, it is normal that I am not ready. The call to Portimao took me by surprise ».
Jorge cannot hide his frustration: “ it requires a bit of adaptation, but I only had a day and a half available, the mechanics had to fly to Le Mans for the Grand Prix, the team was not very prepared, the bike was that of 2019 and the special circuit, new for everyone. Beautiful but strange. Impossible to go fast ».
“Andrea Dovizioso got a little lost mentally”
The manufacturer repainted, he then attacked the man who would be supposed to replace him on the M1 as a test rider, and former teammate at Ducati, Andrea Dovizioso : " this change would surprise me, but I don't choose. I would like to continue because the M1 is natural for me. If I had to go to Aprilia, the other option, it wouldn't be so natural... From the outside, Dovi gives me the feeling of no longer seeing myself in MotoGP. And that, instead of giving him more motivation and anger to go faster, had the opposite effect. He got a little lost mentally and I think that influenced the results ».
Jorge Lorenzo ends his demonstration by not being more tender with the rest of the pilots Yamaha . To the point of predicting failure in the quest for the world title currently underway… “ Quartararo was the favorite and not anymore, he doesn't have the consistency. Viñales is not showing what many expected of him, myself included. Morbidelli seems like a very good boy, I'm glad he's okay. But my favorite at the moment is Mir, he is solid and the Suzuki seems to me to be the most competitive motorcycle ". With Yamaha , it smells like the end of the game...
