It was as a leader that Maverick Viñales left the first MotoGP training ground for 2020, the Ricardo Tormo track. A good time with a Yamaha version 2020 in front of two other M1s, but satellites and therefore from 2019. Valentino Rossi is further away, but he shares the same good feeling as the Spaniard. However, if there is improvement, we can still improve and Viñales sends a message to the Iwata engineers…
Will the next Yamaha be the one that builds loyalty Casa Particular in Viñales and will convince Red to put it off beyond 2020? It's still too early to tell, but the brand with three tuning forks apparently hasn't wasted its time. On these tests of Valencia, the one who finished the last championship on the podium comments: “ our lap times were at the same level as before. Of course we have to improve, but the omens are good. We now have more engine power, but still not enough. Our adversaries are far ahead of us. We still lack top speed. We need 8 km/h more. »
He justifies his request thus: “ I stayed behind the best several times, because we can now keep up much better. The new engine is very similar to the previous one. Performance in the low rev range can be maintained, because we also have plenty of traction. For high speed, Yamaha must continue to develop. That's why we collected as much data as possible in Valencia. »
The Spaniard continues: “ if the motorbike works well in Valencia, it works normally everywhere. But you also have to see that the grip was fantastic. During the next test in Jerez, this will be less the case. We'll see where we are. I see potential. We just need to understand how we can get the most out of it. At the end of last season I had perhaps the best bike since I joined Yamaha. It will be difficult to improve the chassis. A faster engine will definitely help us more »
MotoGP Valencia Test J2: times
| 1 | 12 | Maverick Vinales | Yamaha M1 | 1:29.849 | ||
| 2 | 20 | fabio quartararo | Yamaha M1 | 1:30.013 | 0.164 | 0.164 |
| 3 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha M1 | 1:30.114 | 0.265 | 0.101 |
| 4 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda RC213V | 1:30.316 | 0.467 | 0.202 |
| 5 | 36 | Joan mir | Suzuki GSX-RR | 1:30.427 | 0.578 | 0.111 |
| 6 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki GSX-RR | 1:30.503 | 0.654 | 0.076 |
| 7 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda RC213V | 1:30.556 | 0.707 | 0.053 |
| 8 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | KTM RC16 | 1:30.685 | 0.836 | 0.129 |
| 9 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha M1 | 1:30.781 | 0.932 | 0.096 |
| 10 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati GP20 | 1:30.854 | 1.005 | 0.073 |
| 11 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati GP20 | 1:31.143 | 1.294 | 0.289 |
| 12 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati GP19 | 1:31.258 | 1.409 | 0.115 |
| 13 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati GP20 | 1:31.424 | 1.575 | 0.166 |
| 14 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | KTM RC16 | 1:31.470 | 1.621 | 0.046 |
| 15 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM RC16 | 1:31.515 | 1.666 | 0.045 |
| 16 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:31.526 | 1.677 | 0.011 |
| 17 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ducati GP19 | 1:31.597 | 1.748 | 0.071 |
| 18 | 6 | Stefan bradl | Honda RC213V | 1:31.657 | 1.808 | 0.060 |
| 19 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:31.800 | 1.951 | 0.143 |
| 20 | 73 | Alex Marquez | Honda RC213V | 1:32.235 | 2.386 | 0.435 |
| 21 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:32.249 | 2.400 | 0.014 |
| 22 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM RC16 | 1:32.367 | 2.518 | 0.118 |
