The Sepang tests are approaching and they will be a strong indication of what awaits us during this 2022 MotoGP season. The previous campaign ended with strong pressure from Ducati on the rest of a field overwhelmed by the good results of the Desmosedici who will have a total of 8 this year on the starting grid. But the same exercise dedicated a driver who is indeed an official of the Iwata brand in the person of Fabio Quartararo. However, the latter warned his employers that they should not rest on these laurels which he largely picked himself. Lin Jarvis, the team manager of the tuning fork coat of arms, agrees with him. It remains to be seen what the new M1 will be…
And this answer will depend 2023 and the following vintages for Yamaha and his World Champion fabio quartararo whose paths could separate in the event of strong disappointment. Because Yamaha's current success is due to the French rider. 2021 has not been an easy year for the M1, and for various reasons: the divorce mid-season with a Casa Particular in Viñales discouraged, a Morbidely who started the championship with a dated version of the M1 before getting injured, or even a Valentino Rossi below latest expectations all year.
Yamaha and Sepang: “ it will be an evolution of the basic package«
The result was that the tricolor carried the entire championship on its shoulders, even though Maverick proved that the M1 was competitive by winning one race and starting from pole in another. Franco Morbidelli, on the other hand, had to settle for a podium. On what's next, Yamaha race director, Lynn Jarvis, said : " I think the key will be to try to maintain our own advantages and not destroy the whole. Sometimes this can be a big step forward, but it can also break the balance of the bike."
« I suppose in our case it will be an evolution of the basic package" , Explain Jarvis, who are " with a clear focus on the areas of engine power and top speed. This can happen with a combination of engine, aerodynamics and electronics. The objective will be that it should be easy to correct the weaknesses."
About the development of the engine, which is allowed again, Jarvis declares on Motorsport-total : " From a Yamaha point of view, it would of course be desirable if Ducati slowed down the engine for the new year. But that probably won't happen.". To be taken in the second degree, it goes without saying…
