The boss of the Yamaha Petronas team, Razlan Razali, he spoke of the date of the announcement of the agreement with Valentino Rossi for 2021, which for many is imminent: “If we can do it before Misano well, but doing it at home would be even better. Some things remain to be defined, not so much related to Valentino or the mechanics question, that is the easy part, as in finalizing the structure between Yamaha, VR46 and Sepang circuit. That’s what it takes for a while. “
The last performance of the Doctor in Jerez hto swept away all doubts that the Malaysian team had towards the nine-time world champion: “Vale is Vale. To be honest, I had my doubts after the first race. Everyone kept telling me that The Doctor would be back, and he did. It impressed me a lot. We have to take off our hats, even considering the extreme conditions in which we ran ”.
“It’s not a forced choice for 2021, but he is not a normal driver. It took time to be sure, but what he did on Sunday made things easier to tell the shareholders why we chose Valentino. We don’t want our team to be famous for Valentino. We want anyone who runs with us to make a result. ”
“We don’t want to be popular because he’s here, but to help make him competitive even at his age. After talking to him and his staff, we are understanding what he needs, “explained Razali to the Gazzetta dello Sport.
Razali also talked about the phenomenon Quartararo: “We never expected the brace, but also to win so soon. Even though we knew it would come. We would have been satisfied with a victory, instead we were ready and we doubled our expectations. The arrival of Quartararo was a pure coincidence, with Lorenzo and Pedrosa no longer available in 2018 we looked around without real alternatives. After the GP of Assen they pointed it out to me and said: ‘Quartararo who? Is it Italian, Spanish? ‘ I asked. When I said yes, I still had my doubts. ”
OMNISPORT | 29-07-2020 17:30
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