Lynn Jarvis, former patron of the Yamaha coat of arms on the Grand Prix field, arrives as if on the defensive at Le Mans with a view to competing in a Grand Prix of France, fifth meeting of the season. And for good reason: its machines have won nothing for 14 races and the environment is becoming desertified with the departures of engineers, the Tech3 satellite and Johann zarco. At the same time, the in-tune brand does not appeal, neither to the teams nor to the teams. young pilots. It is high time for Yamaha to bounce back or risk withering away.
For a year now, the Yamaha factory has no longer been able to give its official riders a bike capable of winning. The reason is electronic management. A deficit that appeared at the same time as the departures of key men like Andrea Zugna et Lorenzo Carlo Luzzi now working at Repsol-Honda, or Cristian Battaglia which we find alongside Danilo Petrucci at Pramac-Ducati.
We must also weigh in the balance the announced end of twenty years of close collaboration with Tech3 and the non-consideration of the case Johann zarco, which, we remind you, is currently the Japanese manufacturer's best chance in the championship. On this point, however, Lynn Jarvis corrects on Tutomotoriweb: “ If one of our official drivers had not renewed his contract, we would certainly have made an offer to Johann Zarco, there is absolutely no doubt about that ».
On the rest, he comments: “ we want to have a satellite team because we believe it is good for both us and the sport. For technical development, having four bikes on the grid is better than having only two. We are looking for the best possible partner and that is why Marc VDS is at the top of our list ". But Yamaha does not seem to be at the top of the Belgians who are still studying the Suzuki case. When we told you that Yamaha was no longer as attractive as before…
