There was the official presentation at home in the twin towers of the benefactor Petronas in Malaysia, and here are now the final war paints of the new Yamaha satellites. A well-polished plastic which sets the tone of a structure young by its birth certificate but already experienced by its content. We will remember that it is also the nest of a young fabio quartararo who wants to take off among the elite.
For 18 years, the team Tech3 has been the most successful Yamaha customer team in MotoGP. One finished story which opens another. That of the new Petronas structure made up of talented Morbidely et Quarterly, new spearheads of Iwata's private sector.
In less than three weeks, the 2019 MotoGP season will begin at the Losail Circuit in Doha/Qatar. From Saturday February 23 to Monday February 25, the second IRTA test will take place with the 22 drivers entered. As the only new MotoGP team, the Malaysian Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team will take the plunge. But not blindly.
This new Yamaha team presented itself for the first time in its official colors. The team director, Razlan Razali, took over the two places of the Ángel Nieto team from Jorge Martinez. The head of the troops is Wilco Zeelenberg. Ramon Forcada was hired as chief engineer of Morbidely. He worked for the Yamaha factory team for Lorenzo et Casa Particular in Viñales. Its counterpart alongside Quarartaro is Italian Diego Gubellini, who also supervised Stefan bradl for a year and a half at Aprilia, in the factory team.
During testing at Sepang two weeks ago, Morbidely achieved the eighth best time. His teammate and rookie Quarterly took 16th place.
The MotoGP Petronas Yamaha SRT team has just published today a small series of 12 official photos that we are sharing with you.
