Crucial first half of the season
“Concessions are an important tool that can allow us to catch up. We must demonstrate that we are able to exploit them, abandoning our 'conservative' nature”. Thus the Yamaha project manager Lin Jarvis on the occasion of the presentation of the 2024 Yamaha M1 he underlined that the Iwata company has the obligation to change pace this season where the objective must be to return to winning.
It arrived from Ducati Massimo Bartolini, a Ducati big shot very close to Luigi Dall'Igna. His last assignment at the Borgo Panigale factory was responsible for the performance of the vehicle, certainly a significant purchase that both Lin Jarvis and team manager Massimo Meregalli spoke about, a declaration of intent also aimed at convincing Fabio Quartararo (and Alex Rins ) to remain with Yamaha beyond 2024.
Both drivers, in fact, have their contracts expiring and Lin Jarvis has openly admitted that if the battle on the track is intense, the one 'off' the track in terms of pilots market it could turn out to be even more heated. Furthermore, Yamaha aims to return to having a satellite team in MotoGP given the importance of a structure that allows the deployment of crucial bikes in data collection. To convince riders to stay with Yamaha and attract a customer structure, results are needed and for this reason the first half of the season according to Jarvis will be decisive.
Fabio Quartararointerviewed by Simon Crafar – moderator of the entire presentation set directly in Sepang – declared himself calm and aware that the journey will be long and will have to be carried out step by step: “My goal is obviously to win, but I can't immediately think about fighting for victory after the 2023 we had. The first objective will be to constantly fight for the top-5, then for the podium and finally for the victory.”. Alex Rins he is ready for his Yamaha debut after the serious leg injury in 2023: “I led a normal life this winter and even during training with the R1 I didn't feel any pain. I'm ready to put my experience at the service of Yamaha to improve the bike.”
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