We are well and truly in 2021 and the new situation in MotoGP can now be exposed. Among them, we note a transfer of skills to Yamaha with Valentino Rossi joining the Petronas satellite team while Fabio Quartararo is going the opposite way by joining the official team of the Iwata brand. The French, like the Italian, showed themselves in their new colors. The first mentioned will have as a teammate Maverick Viñales who has now been in the same place for four years. The boss Lin Jarvis therefore knows him very well and gives indications on his weaknesses…
At Yamaha , we hope that 2021 will be the season where the path to serenity will be found. Because that of success, paradoxically, has never really been lost. Otherwise, we would not have seen seven M1s at the top of one of the 14 podiums put into play last year. However, despite this good score, due to the satellite structure Petronas which materialized in six takes, including three with the 2019 version of the Yamaha , the coat of arms with tuning forks is being outdone in the race for the various titles.
With the latest changes among the drivers, it's now Maverick Vinales who is the one who has stayed in the same place the longest. He will begin his fifth season as a factory driver. He has seven victories, including only one in 2020, fifteen podiums, including two last year.
For Jarvis, Viñales is destabilized too quickly
The feeling is that he still cannot express himself at his best level with the Yamaha , although some think it is overrated. Japanese leaders continued to bet on him, and the next two years will be decisive for the driver-builder duo.
« He has his strengths and weaknesses " highlighted Jarvis à speedweek. « His strength is that even when he is depressed, he continues to train with great motivation, keeps pushing and then comes back to the top. Its weakness is that it is too easily drawn into a downward spiral...When Maverick is having a bad day...he tends to have mood swings. I think it's a weakness. Because drivers must be able to do things correctly and stay in the zone that leads to success. If Maverick can stay in his comfort zone, he can really do amazing things ". But he happens to come out of it. To be pondered by his future teammate who is also traditionally the first opponent.
