It is a Valentino Rossi insisting on the fault of a Yamaha excessively consuming its rear tire which approaches, this Sunday, the British Grand Prix. A recurring remark which calls for another subject: that of the development plan established by the Iwata manufacturer. Earlier in the season, the Doctor had already called for the opportunity for a third bike with a third good driver in charge of development. At Silverstone, the one who will celebrate his 300thrd start in Grand Prix becomes even more insistent…
« With our motorcycles, Zarco and Folger are undoubtedly having a lot of fun ". This sentence from Vale is not neutral. She implies that the two Tech3 drivers work for themselves and achieve such good results that they even happen to be ahead of him and his teammate. Casa Particular in Viñales. However, times have changed and competition has become organized differently. At Ducati, Petrucci rides with a GP17 and does full-scale tests in Grand Prix and this is also the case for Crutchlow at Honda, always during meetings.
At Yamaha, the situation is so unclear as at Misano, as much Casa Particular in Viñales which Red have started work on the M1 version 2018. In addition to searching and finding solutions to current problems. Which is a lot. Then the titled ninefold makes it known… “ I sometimes look at Zarco's data but his riding style is different from mine. Folger's comes close. So I look at his data quite often. I want to have an evaluation of the results of our development work. Tire choice is a very personal thing ».
We will recall that Casa Particular in Viñales indicated in his post-qualifying commentary that he would look closely at the choice of Tech3 drivers because they are often right when selecting tires. On the Tech3 side, Folger had indicated that they wanted to work at Silverstone on the new fairing provided by Yamaha to help the clan in tune. Johann zarco, he had ruled out this possibility from the start, which added nothing to his work plan for this twelfth meeting of the year.
