The rumor of seeing fairings bearing the Yamaha name in the next Moto2 races of the future 2022 season has made its way behind the scenes at Misano to reveal the contours of an ambitious project. Indeed, it is not only a question of continuing the relationship with Valentino Rossi thus rewarded through its VR46 label for its good and loyal service to the brand during years of competition. On the other hand, Yamaha is talking about creating a pool of young riders to train its future champions, like what KTM has put in place. But as Ducati is also eyeing the Tavullia academy since the partnership with VR46 in MotoGP, things are not so simple…
Some had detected this quite early and it is verified today: building up your pipeline of riders, from the basics of competition to the top of MotoGP, would be the challenge of tomorrow. The prediction is now a fact. Petronas tried, but the vein did not really yield and will be closed at the end of this year. At the house of KTM, on the other hand, it is the success that is coming to light this year with Remy Gardner, Raul Fernandez et Peter Acosta. At Honda, we have the Asia team doing what it can to reveal the champion of South East Asia.
There is also Ducati including the boss of the competition Gigi Dall'Igna knows since his time Aprilia that developing a sector is a strategic issue. He had the idea of making Moto3, but it remained only an idea. However, when signing for Ducati en MotoGP was made official with a team VR46 arriving among the elite, there was talk that the academy of the same label would be seen as the incubator of future talents of Borgo Panigale.
Yamaha: “we want to give the Master Camp a presence in Moto2”
Yes, but that was before Yamaha tumbles with this idea of committing its colors to Moto2. Which will therefore a priori be Kalex and inevitably machines powered by Triumph mechanics. Lynn Jarvis recognized it, we are thinking under the awning struck by the tuning forks to highlight the work of the Yamaha Master Camp. We will recall that this is an initiative which has always been linked to Valentino Rossi. The official nomenclature of the project is also Yamaha VR46 Master Camp. Last month saw the ninth edition of the camp, which lasted four days and involved five drivers.
At this weekend's San Marino Grand Prix, the VR46 Academy presents a guest Moto3 team, the Bardahl VR46 Riders Academy, with Matthew Bertelli et Elia Bartolini as pilots. However, it remains to be seen how the alliance will look in the future, given that the VR46 team will move to MotoGP in 2022, in partnership with Ducati. “Yes, that's a possibility. We want to give the Master Camp a presence in Moto2,” replied Jarvis, questioned by Motorsport. At this stage, the question arises as to which formula Yamaha will use to race in Moto2. To be continued…
