Crash.net MotoGP podcast: 2021 season review - Yamaha
For our final podcast of 2021 Keith Huewen, Crash.net MotoGP editor Peter McLaren and host Harry Benjamin took a team-by-team look through the MotoGP field.
This last clip focusses on Yamaha, which won the world championship with new signing Fabio Quartararo but also suffered a shock mid-season split from Maverick Vinales.
There was further turmoil at the satellite Petronas team, which began the season with Franco Morbidelli alongside Valentino Rossi, riding in what would be his final MotoGP season.
As well as dealing with knee surgery for Morbidelli (later moved to the factory team in place of Vinales) and a lack of results for Rossi, SRT was rocked by the news that Petronas won't be renewing its contract for 2022, when Razlan Razali's new RNF Yamaha team will take over...
Download the full podcast here:
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
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