Yamaha has struggled a lot during 2023, even more considering that in 2022 it was fighting for the title, with Fabio Quartararo even leading the championship by a large margin at a certain point. However, things didn’t turn to the best as the japanese manufacturer had many difficulties this year, but now Massimo Meregalli seems to be confident that the team is on the right path to recover.
After the Valencia MotoGP Tests, which marked the debut of Alex Rins at the helm of the M1, the Team Director of the team spoke of the works done on the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, and about his two riders:
– It was a long season, but this tuesday was an important day for our team. The wind wasn’t ideal, but we used the seven-hour session well. We mainly worked on three different items with Fabio: aerodynamics – which was our priority, the first step of the 2024 engine, and a new chassis. Alex adapted so quickly to the bike that he too had the opportunity to test the new fairings.
For the italian the day wasn’t enough to test everything he had wished for, but was still good to understand that the evolution steps done are being those that can bring the manufacturer to the top, in an ever slowly progress: ‘One day was maybe not enough to get everything set up perfectly because we had so many things to try, but all in all it’s been a positive day. Both riders noticed an improvement, and this confirms our course of action has been the right one. This test had good value, so we can now enjoy the winter break satisfied with the work we’ve done. We will send all the data to Yamaha Motor Company in Japan and Yamaha Motor Racing in Italy, where the Yamaha engineers will work tirelessly to prepare the next steps for the tests in Sepang’.