Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing has already made its first official outing in MotoGP in the Valencia and Jerez tests this 2019 off-season. The new Malaysian project will be the satellite structure of the Iwata firm in the premier category and will present itself in Kuala Lumpur on Monday January 28. The Petronas Twin Towers will offer their premises for the occasion…
Franco Morbidelli et fabio quartararo will be the riders of this Petronas Yamaha SRT team. “ Organizing a team in MotoGP is totally different from what you can do in Moto2 or Moto3, said Razlan Razali, team director. “ From the beginning, I got in touch with Petronas and we joined this ambitious project. Support from the Sepang international circuit was then immediate ».
The project took shape over the last weekend in Catalunya. The team was close to recruiting Dani Pedrosa, who then preferred retirement, and Jorge Lorenzo, who instead opted for the Repsol Honda team. The Malaysian team duo is therefore made up of Morbidely and Quarterly. The student from the Italian VR46 Academy school was already very fast during the first tests in Spain, notably making the top 5 and immediately finding great sensations with the bike. “ I immediately noticed a great conviction in this project », comments the Moto2 world champion on Tutomotoriweb. " Each of us will do our best to make our sponsors proud ».
Meet the Italian and the French on Monday January 28. The Motogp.com site will broadcast the presentation live at 8:30 a.m. and, in principle, us too.
