With this confidence made by Lin Jarvis for Yamaha, we see that the backstage of MotoGP is at least as hectic as the track side of a competition where we no longer know where to turn. Thus, after the first two Grands Prix of the season, only ten points separate the top 9 in the World Championship, led by a satellite rider, in this case Enea Bastianini on Ducati Gresini. Among the manufacturers, it is KTM that is clearly leading, a historic first for the Austrian manufacturer. And there is Marc Marquez who is injured again, which gives a boost to the transfer market in which Lin Jarvis for Yamaha is particularly active. The proof…
Lynn Jarvis do not sit idly by in the face of a transfer market that is accelerating as time passes. And he's gotten another boost since Marc Marquez returned to the agonies of the injury, recalling Honda to its duties of managing its potential pilots. A concern which is obviously also current among Yamaha . Within the Iwata clan, there are four motorcycles including the two official ones, one of which is theoretically locked until the end of 2023 with Franco Morbidelli. As for the second, Lin Jarvis is clear about the current situation: “ our priority is to extend Fabio Quartararo's contract. If we reach an agreement with Fabio, under normal circumstances there would be no vacancies in the factory team ».
A mention which inevitably leads back to Toprak Razgatlioglu who has an official contract Yamaha for the moment successfully declined in WSBK, but which can quickly evolve into the MotoGP period. Before that, there is still a test to do on the M1 and then to convince that a place on the RNF satellite is not so bad. An option for the moment rejected by the Turkish pilot and his compatriot manager Kenan Sofuoglu... " We will do a MotoGP test or two with Toprak later in the year. He shows interest. I think it would be exciting for him and exciting for the MotoGP World Championship if we could bring a character like him into the premier class with such exceptional motorcycle skills. Nobody knows how good he can be in MotoGP " remember Jarvis about his WSBK World Champion.
Lin Jarvis: “ Raúl Fernández wants to be part of the factory team like every other driver you talk to«
But he adds speedweek this mention which reveals other talks… “ Every driver wants to be part of the factory team. Raúl Fernández wants to be part of the factory team like every other driver you talk to ". So KTM warned. “ If Toprak wants to move up to the MotoGP class and we can't place him on the factory team, we would most likely keep Toprak on a factory contract and place him on Razlan Razal's RNF teami. This would be the only option we could offer him in the short term. » points out the Yamaha manager.
« But first we have to extend the contract with the WithU team, which is only valid for 2022. We have to extend this agreement first. We should do it by the end of June. After that we can talk about driver selection » he further specifies. For the moment, there are therefore no established deadlines: “ you never, ever, ever know what's going on in life. We have seen it in recent years. We have to wait " finished Lynn Jarvis. And it's not Marc Marquez who will say the opposite after his cruel Indonesian Grand Prix.
