Yamaha have reflected on the “interesting times” and the d🗹ifficulty of balancing Fabio Quartꦚararo and Valentino Rossi on their books.

Rossi was moved from the factor𒆙y team to their Petronas outfit for his final MotoGP season in 2021.

He made way for up-and-coming Quartararo to ride a factory Yamaha - and he r🐭epaid the manufacturer b🌠y capturing the MotoGP championship.

“Taking Fabio to the Petronas team was a decision mainly mad🌸e by the Petronas team at the time,” said outgoing Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis to .

“It was a bold move and they had nothing to lose.

“And then he beat Franco Morbidelli in his first year and then we negotiated💫 with him to come to the factory team.

“When he came to the factory team we had to꧒ move Valentino again because he was at the end of his career. So that was the [secondary] issue.

“But I 🎶think in the end the decision was vindi🍬cated, because once Fabio joined the factory team he went ‘bang’ and got #1 in his first year.

“These were interesting times and delicate balances and parallel presences and delicate decisi🐼🌳ons to be made.”

Three years on, Quartararo is reportedly the high🐼est-paid MotoGP rid﷽er after penning a new long-term deal to stay at Yamaha.

That is despite the woes expe💦rienced b🧜y the manufacturer since his championship.

Quartararo was denied by Ducati’s Pecco Bagnaia at the ♔final round of 2022, by which time his bike’s slump had begun.

He has now experienced two seasons without fig💦hting at the front but there is optimism that Yamaha can ge𝐆t back to winning ways.

The addition of Pramac as a satellite team in 2025 will double their riders on the gridꦑ, and double their ability to gather data.