Maverick Viñales will be one of the two major players in the presentation of the official Yamaha troops scheduled for February 15. The other will be his new teammate Fabio Quartararo, who will only think of stealing the spotlight in 2021. The duo will find themselves alongside an M1 whose development question is a real subject given the results collected, and in particular last year. Will they be a pair or even a couple the day after what was Valentine's Day? At the very least, the Spaniard is in a good frame of mind...
And since we are talking about Valentine's Day, we will remember that Valentino Rossi is therefore no longer in the factory team Yamaha . Party within the satellite structure Petronas, who brought home six of the seven M1 victories in 2020, the Italian sees fabio quartararo succeed him alongside Maverick Vinales who in fact becomes the oldest driver in the official team. Will this give him the authority to direct the development of Iwata's machine?
The question remains unanswered. But what is acquired is that with a Casa Particular in Viñales 26 years old and one Quarterly 21 years old, Yamaha has reduced the average age of its workforce: “ I get along very well with Quartararo, we spent a lot of time together last year and had a lot of fun » specifies the former 3 Moto2013 World Champion about his new teammate. “ We have a good relationship, we are two young pilots and we have a lot in common “, he assures, emphasizing. “ And I think it will be positive for Yamaha ».
Certainly, but this question on the path to follow technically to allow Yamaha to regain its splendor will not fail to arise. In the past, Casa Particular in Viñales and his former teammate Red had different wishes when it came to developing a direction. A month before the first IRTA tests of the season, the Spaniard cannot yet estimate whether Quarterly will share his ideas. “ It is true that we have had this problem in the past. To be honest, it is now too early to be able to say if it will be the same situation with Fabio or if we want to evolve in the same direction » recognizes Viñales on Moto.it.
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More Casa Particular in Viñales still has an answer on this subject: “ whatever it is, I think it will be a Yamaha problem. We pilots can only focus on making optimal use of the equipment we have ". Who says problem Yamaha also says responsibility of the same brand in the event of failure.
In 2020, Casa Particular in Viñales achieved it once and reached the podium on three occasions. Quarterly won three times. The first city finished sixth in the championship and the second eighth, far from the set objectives. Valentino Rossi experienced his worst career ranking with a fifteenth place while Franco Morbidelli, teammate of Quarterly, ended his campaign by asserting himself as the vice-world champion with an M1 from the previous season. As for development, we will remember this sentence from the Doctor pointing out that the Japanese engineers heard the pilots' comments, they never listened to them. In this sense, Casa Particular in Viñales is right: it's a problem Yamaha ...
