Massimo Bartolini has moved from Ducati to Yamaha to take on the new role of ‘Technical Director, MotoGP operations’ for the struggling M1 project.
The arrival of ex-Ducati engineers Marco Nicotra, last October, and Max Bartolini, in January, marks the ‘third phase’ in Yamaha’s new MotoGP approach.
Lin Jarvis, managing director of Yamaha Racing Lin Jarvis, explained: “Max arrival is part of a whole process that started, in force, probably in 2022 when we took the contract with Marmotors. With Luca Marmorini and his team of engineers, to help us to develop the engine. “So it’s very recent, but he went to Japan almost straight after joining us, to have the first discussions, to introduce himself to all of the people.
“ will be on an equal level as Masuda. So this is quite unusual. This has never happened, in my experience in Yamaha at least, in any Japanese probably, to have a European on an equal level with the project leader.”“You might say having two bosses is maybe never good,” acknowledged Jarvis. “So there is a difference in the roles.
“First of all for myself, I want to be back winning. But it’s also a big challenge for him, moving from a factory winning like they are for the last two years. I want to be part of this challenge for him to be at the top also.” "In the past we used to change little by little, and now with Max we change some big things. And we can see the difference, but there are negatives, positives. We need quite a lot of time to really find our potential.
“In that case, we understood the most important change… If I remember, we had these discussions and we said. ‘Whatever we change, if we don't haveguy sitting on our seat we have no chance’. Because Valentino was a phenomenon at that time. He was by far the leader. “We know the level in particular of Ducati. Let's be honest, they're at a very high level at this moment. Without doubt, the leader. They have eight super-competitive riders. So it's not easy,” he said.
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