MotoGP, Valentino Rossi, Yamaha: “we will not make up in three months what we lost in two years”

The three days of testing at Sepang ended on a positive note as the first day of the three organized at losail since this weekend seemed to confirm. But everything moves quickly in MotoGP. On Sunday, another mass was preached at Yamaha where we were no longer quite in tune. Between a Casa Particular in Viñales convinced optimist and Red whistleblower, time seems to have frozen in the cubicle of the Iwata factory. The Doctor sets things straight.

The last two years have been pretty bad for the Yamaha team. The latter thus experienced the longest series of races without the slightest victory in its history. A difficult shortage to live with both for the team and for its drivers. Now things seem to be better. But Valentino Rossi warns that the great debacle which Yamaha suffered cannot be erased in just three months.

« We still have a lot of work to do », insists Vale as he approaches his final evening of testing in Qatar. “ We made a lot of mistakes over the last two years which allowed our rivals, especially Honda and Ducati, to make a big gap, but things are changing now ».

And this on more than one level. “ This applies to the people working on this project and the way they approach things, and I can see that they are all very motivated and focused ", said Red. Following the difficulties of recent years, Yamaha's technical director has been changed. Internally, the Japanese manufacturer has made its adjustments.

But despite this good trend, nothing has yet been achieved and this is what the nine-time titleholder insists: “ despite all the motivations, it will take us more than three months to put an end to this situation “, he declared on motorsport-magazin. “ We have to continue working for a whole year and then we will see ". But who can predict what exactly the Yamaha camp will look like in twelve months?