It all started well for Lin Jarvis' Yamaha troops at Sepang, with a Shakedown well controlled by Cal Crutchlow revealing an engine with the right top speed. This was confirmed by the regular drivers, including Fabio Quartararo who had been asking for these km/h in a straight line for two years. And yet, the latter leaves Malaysia speaking of a “disaster”. To which saint should we therefore devote ourselves in Iwata?
In view of certain data recorded during the three days of test in Sepang, engine yamaha, which is the last inline four-cylinder in the MotoGP field, should no longer be an atoning victim in the 2023 MotoGP season. However, a mysterious evil is now striking the M1 when she puts on new erasers. In this scenario it turns out to be incomprehensibly slow in getting the timer. Which promises more than complicated qualifying, and therefore even more problematic Grands Prix, especially with two races…
The boss Lynn Jarvis did not go into detail about this sad Malaysian discovery, but he commented on speedweek : " The results of this test should not be exaggerated. Because the results depended heavily on what you tried at what time of day. Of course, almost all drivers went in pursuit of the best time. But you don't win a MotoGP race with a successful “time attack” during a winter test ».
Lin Jarvis: “it will always be a Yamaha engine, because the final decisions about the engines are made in Japan"
Below, he returns to the evolution of the engine Yamaha specifying the roles of the Italian engine engineer Luca Marmorini with his company Marmotors and the Iwata factory: “ it will always be a Yamaha engine. Because the final decisions regarding the engines are made in Japan. We also have a whole group of specialists there who take care of design, development, engine testing and manufacturing. »
Finally, Lin Jarvis is convinced that after Suzuki's release, Yamaha will be the last manufacturer with an in-line engine to remain at the top. “ Because in 2022, two of the last three races have been won with inline engines. And Yamaha has finished second, first and second in the MotoGP World Championship Riders' Championship in the last three years he concludes.
