What becomes Jonas Folger ? the German rider made his return to a motorcycle after a long period of convalescence, following a “ burnout », by becoming the spearhead of the new European structure set up by Yamaha to develop its M1. A team demanded by the official drivers Rossi and Viñales who we only saw at work in Malaysia during the off-season. Since then, nothing more except that we know that no opportunity to compete in a Grand Prix as a guest is to be expected for the former Tech3 driver. But he still found something to occupy himself…
And it is once again the R1 which helps Yamaha riders not to lose control. We will remember that to speed up his return after his broken leg, Valentino Rossi in his time had used this Superbike version machine to get back into rhythm. It was there that he discovered Galbusera, its current chief engineer.
We also know that the same Doctor trains with this machine on sale in Yamaha dealerships with Mattia Pasini, Luca Cadalora et Alex Gramigni on the Misano route. But these machines have one thing in common: preparation for YART, the Yamaha Austria team which represents the Iwata firm in the Endurance championship. Its pilots are Marvin Fritz, Broc Parkes et Niccolò Canepa.
The Austrians train in particular on the Rijeka track in Croatia and this is where Folger was flushed out. Observers say that his times were at the level of the three aforementioned starters. We are already speculating about a test run for the next 8:00 at Suzuka. According to speedweek, finally, Marcel Schrötter would seek to have the same R1 while Jack Miller would regularly train with a Panigale V4R…
