Tomorrow, in Madrid, Yamaha will present its new troops and its latest colors for the 2017 MotoGP campaign. A revelation that will take place at the very headquarters of the title advertiser Movistar, with the new duo composed of Red and Casa Particular in Viñales. All around an M1 that technical director Massimo Meregalli announced as a downright revolution just before the winter break. Finally, on this last point, we could remain unsatisfied.
At least this is what emerges from information collected by the site Motorsport who went to drink from a source said to be close to the case. The M1 2017 version will not be the one that will be presented tomorrow, even if the opus will have acquired most of its new features. The spy explains: “ if Yamaha changed a lot of things for the 2017 version of the M1, the philosophy remained the same ».
« The basis of the 2017 is the same as that of 2016. There will however be a different chassis, a new swingarm, a new engine, suspensions also new but the idea remains the same as in 2016 ».
And then the bike will take advantage of the off-season tests to change again: “ in Valencia during the first tests it was not the 2017 version on the track, and in Sepang afterwards it was an even different bike from the one in Valencia. We have a basic prototype with all the 2016 data plus that collected in Valencia and Sepang. But I am convinced that the machine will change again before the first Grand Prix ».
It will therefore remain to focus on the new decoration before focusing on the data of an M1 still far from its final realization. And it's fair game since competition is already on the lookout in a sensitive period where the ban on fins has notably opened the way to frantic research to find the palliative which will allow us not to lose the advantages they provide.
We will remind you that 24 hours after Yamaha, it is Ducati who will be in the spotlight. Will the Italians be more daring than the Japanese in the presentation of their new opus?
