As time goes by, it becomes more and more obvious that Valentino Rossi's failed expedition to a Red Bull Ring where he thought he was getting back into the rhythm of a real circuit was anything but an appointment made at the unbooted. Yamaha was in this organization and that's why there were other riders too. Finally, this test gallop also looked like a test for the next Sepang 8 Hours of Endurance…
An organization Yamaha , with the Austria team competing in Endurance, a van der mark guest, just like Franco Morbidelli with Valentino Rossi, it doesn't take much to see the establishment of a team for an Endurance event. To do what ? HAS Sepang, an 8h00 Endurance event is organized and it would be magnificent to launch the expected couple in MotoGP in 2021 composed of Valentino Rossi and Franco Morbidelli, from Petronas SRT.
We talked about it HERE, with a lot of conditionals, but Mayo Meregalli, team manager of the official team Yamaha in Grand Prix makes its contribution to change the weather in the future… “ We tried to go to Austria, to the Red Bull Ring, because Valentino Rossi wanted to start filming again. It was an invitation addressed to the four Yamaha MotoGP riders, but on their return, to Italy and Andorra, they should have been in quarantine. So we gave up on this opportunity. Valentino's motivations are driven by his passion. »
“Back from Austria, he should have quarantined himself”
And with this passion, the love of competition remains alive: “ as I know him and based on what I think, certainly he will continue, but only he knows that. He still has the same desire and, as soon as he could, he returned to training at the Ranch. " However : « but Valentino has not yet decided whether to continue or not. As for the technical aspect, Yamaha will provide him with the same official motorcycle that we will have. »
Mayo Meregalli ends on the added value of a Valentino Rossi as a supporting element: “ As we saw last year, it is important to have identical bikes, as this will allow us to work and improve faster on the race weekend. We will be able to compare the settings of all drivers, which we have not done before. Valentino's experience will certainly be exploited. » Meregalli thus reminds, in passing, that the team Tech3, which was the satellite structure of the Iwata brand before Petronas, had worse M1s.
