The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team was presented in its Sepang circuit (Malaysia) box, where the official pre-season test will take place between February 7 and 9, with the ambition of Maverick Viñales and the enthusiasm and desire of Valentino Rossi, in his last year on the team.

With an improved Yamaha YZR-M1 the team raises the curtain of the 2020 season with the good feeling that left the test after the closing of the 2019 World Cup, in which Maverick Viñales stood out in such a way that he faces this campaign with a single objective; title. "At the end of last season we were in good shape and I'm looking forward to working again with the goal of achieving the title and the maximum number of victories possible," Viñales said during the presentation.

In this sense, the Spanish rider added that he has great memories of Sepang, where he won the last Malaysian GP, ​​and that he is looking forward to trying the M1 news and confirming whether he can be in that precious fight for the title defended by Marc Márquez. "I have a good memory of Sepang and it is a good starting point for the tuning of the new motorcycle, so we should be able to do a good job already on the first day of the test," said Roses.

Next, again, will have a Valentino Rossi facing his fifteenth season, and last, in the official Yamaha team, which announced that the now Yamaha Petronas driver Fabio Quartararo would be Viñales's partner in 2021. Rossi, not obsante He does not know if he will retire or if they will continue in the World Cup with a satellite motorcycle.

For now, he wants to squeeze the 2020. "I am happy to return to the paths. I have been able to relax and stop, but now it is time to get serious about 2020, I am curious to see what steps I can take in this Sepang test," he said. 'Il Dottore'.

For his part, the director of Yamaha Motor Racing, Lin Jarvis , said that the only thing that will not change on the bike are the colors and style, which they maintained last year. In addition, they have Jorge Lorenzo as a test driver again, and according to Jarvis, he could receive some wild card to run in a Grand Prix. "If you scratch on the surface, you will find many changes under which Yamaha has improved thinking about the performance of our drivers," he said. "We believe we can achieve great things this year," he predicted.

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