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DOVIZIOSO will take part in the race after a 300-day break

DOVIZIOSO will take part in the race after a 300-day break

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Andrea Dovizioso is returning after a 300-day break in MotoGP. It was originally planned to return in the 2022 season, but a web of circumstances brought a vacancy to the Petronas Yamaha SRT team, which the Italian could not miss in any way. For the past eight seasons, he has been a member of Ducati, where he has become a sort of icon of this team. However, his career has had a minor bitter aftertaste so far, as he has yet to win a MotoGP world title. Above all, this is at the expense of not competing in the period when Marc Marquez became the serial winner in MotoGP. In the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons, Dovi achieved second place in the overall standings. The Italian had already competed with Yamaha in one 2012 season before moving to Ducati. "The competition is extremely high this season and everyone has similar times. In the last p
FRANCO MORBIDELLI in the colors of the Yamaha factory team

FRANCO MORBIDELLI in the colors of the Yamaha factory team

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Morbidelli is returning from injury after having to undergo left knee surgery in late June. He has signed a contract with Yamaha by the end of 2023 and will be riding a motorbike for the first time this race weekend in Misano. The Italian moves to the Yamaha factory team as a replacement for Maverick Vinales, who terminated his contract with Yamaha and moved to Aprillia. "First of all, I would like to thank the Petronas Yamaha team, which gave Morbidelli an immediate transfer. We originally planned to make the change in the 2022 season, but due to unusual circumstances we did it earlier. He has exceptional talent, he proved it last season with second place. in the overall standings, with three wins and five podiums. After the injury, he will have to find his form gradually and we are already looking forward to his return to MotoGP, "he said
JAKE DIXON to compete in MOTOGP for the first time at the home race in SILVERSTON

JAKE DIXON to compete in MOTOGP for the first time at the home race in SILVERSTON

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Jake Dixon will advance from his regular Moto2 class to the top class of the MotoGP Championship in the home race in Silverstone, replacing the absent Franco Morbidelli in the UK Grand Prix race and will be teammate Valentino Rossi in the Petronas SRT team for at least one race. We have already reported on this, and now that Maverick Vinales has prematurely terminated its cooperation, Yamaha has also officially confirmed plans to have Cal Crutchlow instead of the Spaniard at the race in Silverstone, and Dixon to replace Morbidelli. For Dixon, this will be his first appearance in the MotoGP class, and the SRT team will see during the racing weekend if he might be a suitable candidate for the regular seat next season. Yamaha, however, has not yet confirmed plans for who will replace Vinales later in the season. C
Morbidelli is “aware of the interest” of the factory teams

Morbidelli is “aware of the interest” of the factory teams

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Franco Morbidelli has a contract with Petronas Yamaha until the end of the 2022 season. He has not yet confirmed plans for the future. The Italian made no secret of his dissatisfaction with Yamaha due to this year’s technical problems this season, as he uses an engine from the 2019 season, despite last year’s engine being much more competitive. With the 2020 engine, Morbidelli also finished the season as Yamaha’s best driver. Morbidelli hopes for a successful collaboration even under contract with the current team, but is aware that there is a lot of interest from other factory teams. He admitted that he was on the podium in Spain talking to team boss Lin Jarvis about the current engine he uses. "I like Yamaha and would like to maintain a relationship with them. If they support me with a newer engine, my love for Yamaha will be greater. Nothing.
Valentino Rossi has the full support of PETRONAS YAMAHE

Valentino Rossi has the full support of PETRONAS YAMAHE

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Rossi’s worst start since appearing in MotoGP is one of the biggest disappointments at the start of the championship. Nevertheless, Rossi has the full support of the Petronas Yamaha team, who believe he will find the right form and fight for the top spots again. Rossi scored just four points in the first four races of the 2021 season and is in 21st place overall. His best result is 12th place in Qatar’s opening race, where qualifiers showed he is in good shape as he finished fourth. However, the race soon showed that the Italian's form is not at the level that Rossi fans would like. The first race was also the only one where he got to the points. The Italian rides the same engine as Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo in the Yamaha factory team. Given that they both scored three wins
Morbidelli: “Magic change” helped me to the podium

Morbidelli: “Magic change” helped me to the podium

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Franco Morbidelli is considered one of the bigger osmoljenci at the beginning of this season. He finished last season in second place as Yamaha’s best racer. In the first races, he did not hide his disappointment that he was the only one of the four Yamaha racers to race on a two-season older motorcycle. At the race in Jerez, after the difficulties experienced by Fabio, the Italian was offered the opportunity to win the first podium this season and raise his self-confidence before the continuation of the season. The magical change, as he called it, on the warm-ups before Sunday's race offered him the opportunity to drive the engine more aggressively and be more competitive with it. "It was an amazing race. I pressed so hard throughout the race, so in some brake zones I wasn't sure if I was going to stop. The team did a great job and everyone
Rossi and Morbidelli explain the reasons for the poor race

Rossi and Morbidelli explain the reasons for the poor race

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The Petronas Yamaha team had much more promise in the first race of the season in Qatar, but the riders were greatly disappointed. Rossi finished in a modest twelfth place and his teammate Morbidelli in eighteenth place. Both blamed poor traction on the track and a technical malfunction of Morbidelli even before the start of the race. The qualifiers were not bad especially for Rossi, as he finished them in an excellent fourth place. Before the championship, Morbidelli was considered a hidden favorite in the fight for the top places. The race started with a poor start and Rossi immediately fell to seventh place. Then he started to lose weight due to poor tire grip. Rear tire congestion is a problem Yamaha has been facing in recent years. "We certainly expected more, especially after yesterday's qualifiers
Morbidelli remains a Petronas Yamaha racer

Morbidelli remains a Petronas Yamaha racer

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Franco Morbidell will continue to race for the Petronas Yamaha team, with whom he has signed a new two-year contract that expires at the end of the 2022 season. The news is expected as his teammate Fabio Quartararo moves to the Yamaha factory team next season to replace Valentino Russia. Rossi is expected to officially confirm the expected transfer to Petronas Yamaha today. "I am very pleased with the extension of the contract," were Morbidelli's first words at the official announcement of the extension. "We have a very good first season in the strongest class behind us. It is important that I continue in the same well-known team, where I feel very well. I would like to thank everyone for their trust and the opportunity. The new contract gives me additional motivation. to improve last year’s cuts