Viñales, Quartararo and Lorenzo have put pen to paper in January as the Iwata factory send down a gauntlet to their rivals. In this day and age, teams and riders have no time to mess about when choosing their destiny beyond the 2020 season. Nailing down Viñales – Yamaha’s only race winner in the last two seasons and a rider who has been strongly linked to Ducati – was the first sign Yamaha have wasted no time. The five-time World Champion and Yamaha reuniting, the Spaniard becoming a test rider for – at least – the 2020 season.

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