At Yamaha, it must be noted that things are less bad. Maverick Viñales, in 2019, achieved two victories and finished the championship in an honorable third position. Some think that this return to form is due to the shock caused by the arrival of Fabio Quartararo, who immediately performed well on the handlebars of a Yamaha that he was barely discovering. But Lin Jarvis, the conductor of Iwata's official team, explains that the reason lies elsewhere. It is so profound that it inspired Valentino Rossi to reorganize himself for the 2020s…
At Yamaha , we count a fabio quartararo which is the revelation, Valentino Rossi who plays the icon and Maverick Vinales who works to be the leader. And who does what it takes to assert themselves as such. It is he who has in fact signed the last victories of the Iwata factory in MotoGP. And to listen Lynn Jarvis on his method and his reorganization, he learned from his illustrious teammate.
Public chat speedweek, Lynn Jarvis undertook a precise study of the journey of his “Top Gun”. He comments thus: “ when he came to us at the end of 2016, he started very well and very strong, because our bike was very competitive at the time. We won the championship in 2015. The bike was still good in 2016. We had not lost ground when the uniform software arrived. Then we lost our way and our opponents were able to move in the right direction and worked better. »
« He then got into trouble, to which was added frustration. Now we're back to doing it right. You can see that Maverick's results are also improving, and he improved during the second half of the 2019 season. We also changed some elements of our team structure, but it wasn't that drastic. It was more of a fine tuning. We are on the right path ».
« We lost and replaced Wilco Zeelenberg and Ramon Forcada for two different reasons. Wilco had a great chance with the Petronas team. We recognized this opportunity, he needed to grow and was really needed there, on a completely new team. It was an advantage for him, for them and for us too. It was different in Ramon's case. We won three world titles with him as Jorge's team leader. There was no doubt about his technical competence and abilities, not at all. But it didn't match with Maverick. It's about communication, your own style, needs, interaction… »
« This allowed us to make changes and the choice fell on Esteban Garcia, with whom Maverick has already won the Moto3 World Championship. His strength was that he had racing experience, even in the MotoGP category. But above all, he had this good connection, this good feeling with Maverick. It was therefore an important step to resolve these communication difficulties and improve them within the team »Insists Jarvis.
An approach which seems to have convinced Valentino Rossi. The latter, in fact, has also embarked on the renewal of its environment. A parallel of Lin Jarvis adote: “ In the Valencia test, the first day came for the last change on the side of Valentino. We now have David Muñoz, who replaced Silvano Galbusera as team leader. Sometimes you have to restart in the engineering area and sometimes you have to hit the reset button a bit in the team or in a team group. »
« Valentino felt, and so did we, that it was time for a change. The newcomer has no MotoGP experience, but he is younger and appears to be a talented engineer. This is an opportunity for a fresh start and an opportunity to change dynamics and communication. » Jarvis finished : " David is 41 years old and has a good record so far. He was the team leader of Pecco Bagnaia when he won the 2 Moto2018 World Championship. He worked for VR46 for three years and before that with Sito Pons. » We'll see if this change will have the same effect on the Doctor in 2020 as it did on Casa Particular in Viñales in 2019 ...
