Franco Morbidelli's results as an official Yamaha rider are so disappointing that he has gone from disappointment to curiosity in the paddock. He is in fact the only one on the MotoGP grid to benefit from the full support of boss Lin Jarvis whom he disappoints with each outing on the track. A situation which will last until the end of his 2023 contract, such is his disagreement with an M1 designed for his teammate Fabio Quartararo. But the general director of Yamaha Motor Racing will apparently assume until the end the presence of the Italian-Brazilian who does not have the same self-esteem as a certain Andrea Dovizioso.
We will indeed recall that, at the back of the grid and the peloton where he took out a long-term subscription, Franco Morbidelli often meets a Andrea Dovizioso whose redundancy of these depressing results revealed to him that it was necessary to stop the costs, under penalty of leaving in history only this deep trace of failure. Because the Yamaha which fabio quartararo leads with the greatest brilliance, does not dilute anyone's talent. Andrea Dovizioso is thus a triple consecutive world vice-champion, having only given up his arms in front of a Marc Marquez then at the top of his art.
Et Franco Morbidelli ? It's still not so bad: MotoGP world vice-champion in 2020 and Moto2 World Champion in 2017. All that for this assessment after 13 races in 2022: 26 dots and five white results. But what is striking each time are his comments announcing a bright future. In Austria after his fall among those without ranks and while his teammate was giving the admirable performance that we know, he commented in particular: “ I felt good, my pace was really good. It's a shame, but we did positive progress this weekend, for sure. I was able to extract more potential from the bike and be faster overall. It's good. We must continue like this ».
Lin Jarvis: “ Franco Morbidelli stays »
And indeed it will continue to do so. It's even Lin Jarvis who reminds us: “ Franky stays. The rest is absurd » we read on speedweek. The boss wanted to calm the rumors that Morbidely looks with envy towards RNF Aprilia where he would find the one with whom he had his last good results, either Ramón Forcada. He could also start from scratch with a Aprilia. But to get there, there would have to be a conventional break.
This does not seem to be on the agenda for a Lin Jarvis who would have no alternative solution. Toprak Razgatlioglu seems to have understood where his interest and his vocation were in WSBK while Remy Gardner ou Darryn binder will never be considered by the Englishman. So, as long as Fabio Quartararo don't get hurt and continue like this, what's the problem?
