Lin Jarvis knows that hostilities resume this weekend in MotoGP, with his rider Fabio Quartararo arriving in Austin at the top of the championship with 48 points ahead of his closest pursuer Pecco Bagnaia. It escaped no one's notice that the latter, an official Ducati, took 22 points from his Yamaha counterpart since Silverstone. With his two consecutive victories acquired during the last two Grands Prix, the Italian seems to have the wind in his sails. Should we be worried about the tricolor? His boss Lin Jarvis assures us that no and he explains the reasons…
Lynn Jarvis sees the threat Ducati in general and that of Pecco Bagnaia in particular growing up, but he also knows that there are only four Grands Prix left on grounds which are not really unfavorable to his M1, if indeed this approach still has any logic this season, so much so that we have had the right to twists and turns. And in particular on the part of Ducati...
Fact, Lynn Jarvis keep a cool head and firstly because there is this unstoppable argument about 22 points dropped at bagnaia since the British Grand Prix…” Fabio has scored 78 points since the summer break, Bagnaia 77. They have therefore, so to speak, collected an almost identical number of points in the last five races ».
Likewise, the team manager Yamaha tempers the Italian's current good series: “ Bagnaia celebrated his first MotoGP victory in Aragon »Says Jarvis. " You know how it works. The driver achieved this first victory and gained a lot of confidence in himself. And it is typical that the driver then goes to the next Grands Prix with confidence. Bagnaia was very fast at Misano last year until his crash. So I wasn't surprised to see him again super quickly this time. At the same time, Bagnaia and Fabio were almost as strong on race day ».
« That's why I'm not particularly worried », summarizes the Englishman who makes his predictions. “ In Misano in four weeks, it will be cooler and the choice of tires will be important. But I think Fabio is totally confident in this area. The Texas track is usually not very good for us, but Valentino lost the last race there in 2019 to Rins by just 0,4 seconds. So we're not very concerned about Austin. After Misano-2 comes Portimão, where Fabio is very strong. Then there's the finale at Valencia, which is a track no driver really likes ».
Lin Jarvis: “I hope the decision will not be made in Valencia”
« Basically, I hope the decision will not be made in Valencia ", entrusts Lynn Jarvis. “ I hope we can keep the points in mind and maybe win the world championship before the last Grand Prix ". For this, he is counting on the great consistency of his driver. In 2021, “El Diablo” started 13 times from the front row in 14 races, he has already reached nine podiums this year, and without the faulty zipper he would have finished in first or second place in Catalonia as well.
For their part, the Ducati riders bagnaia et Miller shared nine podiums, as many as Fabio alone. “ Fabio is in great shape. He is confident ", admits Lynn Jarvis which ends on speedweek : " I hope he can do the job in the next races ».
