European GP – Rossi and Viñales powerless in the face of Yamaha technical problems –

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Rossi and Viñales helpless in the face of Yamaha technical problems

European GP - Rossi and Viñales powerless in the face of Yamaha technical problems -

Valentino Rossi’s expected return to his MotoGP Yamaha only lasted five short laps before an electronic failure led to his sixth consecutive white result ! If the Italian says he is disappointed, his teammate Viñales – who started from the pits after having exceeded his engine quota – is downright angry with the Iwata brand. MNC Statements and Analysis.

Valentino Rossi, Yamaha Factory (17th in qualifying and retirement in the race) : "Not being able to finish the race is a real shame because I needed these 27 laps to get back into the competition. I also needed to collect data for the next event here next Sunday ( the GP of Valencia, Editor’s note) ".

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"I got off to a good start (4 places won in 4 laps, editor’s note) and I was just trying to figure out how fast I could ride when the bike unfortunately stopped. Apart from this breakdown, our situation is difficult to understand: Franco won the last race in Aragon and this Sunday we all suffered, plagued by a lack of grip. It was clearly not a great weekend…".

MNC analysis : If the second part of the season had not especially smiled on Yamaha, the brand with three tuning forks hits rock bottom in Valence … It all started on Friday with the revelation of the use of non-regulatory valves during the first race , which earned Yamaha a demotion in the constructors and teams rankings.

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Accused of "cheating" by Alex Marquez, the manufacturer defends himself by evoking an "internal error": Yamaha would have "forgotten" to notify that the valves of the M1 came from two different suppliers, which should have resulted in an obligation to homologate both versions by the International Motorcycling Federation.

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The decision of the FIM not to sanction the pilots then provokes a wave of protests, in particular from Andrea Dovizioso who finds "totally incomprehensible" that no manufacturer calls for Quartararo, Viñales and Morbidelli to lose their – big – points acquired in Jerez with their respective first, second and fifth places. 

Sanction, breakdowns, tires, Covid-19: Yamaha in big trouble !

This poor dynamic continues during testing with the decision to allocate an additional engine to Viñales so that he can finish the season: the Spaniard, deprived of two blocks out of five partly because of these famous valves, will therefore have to from the pit lane. Race therefore lost for the Spanish, already poorly performing from the grid !

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The official team also has to deal with a new case of Covid-19 discovered on Saturday, which forced it to place five people in solitary confinement, including its director Massimo Meregalli as well as the telemetry manager of Maverick Viñales. !

Added to this is the fall of Fabio Quartararo in the first lap then the abandonment of a breakdown four laps later by Valentino Rossi, poorly rewarded for his efforts to return to the handlebars after being sidelined by the coronavirus. The Italian records his second retirement after failure after that of the Spanish GP in Jerez (engine failure).

The origin of the problem would be this time of "electronic" origin explains the Doctor, to whom Yamaha would have assured that this malfunction would not have occurred since "2008" on a Yamaha MotoGP. No other details have been communicated on this mysterious problem a priori totally distinct from the famous valves….

When its engine went out, the n ° 46 was not even angry: "it made me laugh on the spot!", He assures with fatalism and humor, while this setback brings to six his number of consecutive white results (!) with his three consecutive falls in Italy, Catalonia and France followed by his absence because of the Covid-19 on the sleeves of Aragon. For a total of seven races without points with his breakage in Jerez !

"We still do not know why the bike is no longer working", accuses Viñales

If Rossi was logically very disappointed, his main concern is mainly due to the poor performance of the Yamaha riders as a whole. The Yamaha Boy’s again suffered from tire problems, between lack of grip and concern for pressure rise for Morbidelli (11th at 17.6 sec).

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"Franco won a fortnight ago in Aragon, and there we are all in difficulty on the bike: it’s all the same incredible", regrets the Doctor, who denounces this "yo-yo" aspect in the performances of the Yamaha … which nevertheless won six races out of twelve with three different riders! Not so bad, the Yam ?! 

For Maverick Viñales in any case, the observation is clear: "I am not even thinking of the championship: our concern is elsewhere, on our problems, because it is much more frustrating for me that we still cannot know why the motorbike no longer works! "

"We go from the first to the 14th without knowing why: it’s disturbing. We start from zero in each race, when our opponents evolve a base in point for all circuits", estimates the n ° 12 referring to his old bike: the Suzuki with which Mir and Rins signed the double in Valencia !

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"Some Yamaha decisions are not good and we are paying the price all season," accuses the Spaniard. "Every year since 2017, it’s the same story: we are wasting our title chances. And, this season, we are missing out on a great opportunity in the absence of Marc (Marquez, Editor’s note)", he admits with honesty.

Viñales is not the only one to feel helpless: Fabio Quartararo also says he is "lost" on his M1 2020 considered radically "different" because less easy and more nervous than the 2019. "I have never been so good on the new bike (than with the old one, Editor’s note)", admits the young Frenchman. Revenge next year? Let’s hope so. Stay connected !

MotoGP results of the 2020 European GP

  1.  Joan MIR Suzuki 41’37.297
  2. Alex RINS Suzuki +0.651
  3. Pol ESPARGARO KTM +1.203
  4. Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda +2.194
  5. Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM +8.046
  6. Jack MILLER Ducati +8.755
  7. Brad BINDER KTM +10.137
  8. Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati +10.801
  9. Johann ZARCO Ducati +11.550
  10. Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati +16.803
  11. Franco MORBIDELLI Yamaha +17.617
  12. Stefan BRADL Honda +24.350
  13. Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha +25.403
  14. Fabio QUARTARARO Yamaha +39.639

Not classified 

  • Lorenzo SAVADORI Aprilia 2 laps
  • Alex MARQUEZ Honda 4 laps
  • Tito RABAT Ducati14 Tours
  • Francesco BAGNAIA Ducati 22 laps
  • Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 22 laps
  • Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 23 laps
  • Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia 0 lap

MotoGP provisional classification at the European GP

  1. Suzuki 162
  2. Yamaha 125
  3. Suzuki 125
  4. Yamaha 121
  5. Yamaha 117
  6. Ducati 117
  7. KTM 106
  8. Honda 105
  9. Ducati 92
  10. KTM 90
  11. Ducati 77
  12. KTM 76
  13. Ducati 71
  14. Honda 67
  15. Yamaha 58
  16. Ducati 42
  17. KTM 27
  18. Aprilia 27
  19. Honda 26
  20. Honda 16
  21. Aprilia 12
  22. Ducati 10
  23. Ducati 4

Provisional rankings for manufacturers and MotoGP teams

European GP - Rossi and Viñales powerless in the face of Yamaha technical problems -

European GP - Rossi and Viñales powerless in the face of Yamaha technical problems -

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