At Yamaha, we are experiencing the quiet revolution. On the M1, new features are arriving as rarely before, a testing structure exists in Europe, the philosophy of approach has evolved, to the satisfaction of Valentino Rossi, and Japanese executives are undergoing changes and assignments. There are also headhunters who set out in search of the knowledge they still lack. Recently, we poached from Ducati, which was not to the taste of everyone in Italy…
At Yamaha , we do not deny that we are behind in the evolution of the M1, but we are taking care of ourselves. We even seek knowledge from the competition. For example within a factory Ducati quite prolific in innovations as varied as they are diverse in recent seasons. But it is in decoding the mysteries of electronics that we seek to excel within the tuning fork brand.
On the subject, the arrival of Michele Gadda coming from the Superbike team was helpful but not enough. So, we kidnapped Gigi Dall'Igna one of its engineers in the person of Marco Frigerio. This Italian electronics engineer has worked for several years at Borgo Panigale and is currently collaborating with Jack Miller. He has experience in Superbike and MotoGP. He knows all the secrets of hardware and software Magneti Marelli. This could help the Japanese team take a leap forward in electronics.
According to Tutomotoriweb, the general manager of Ducati did not appreciate the defection. But he will have to get used to it, as Aprilia had to do without him since he moved in with Ducati...
