Feedback from former factory Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso looks to have played a part in convincing Yamahaꦦ MotoGP boss Masahiko Nak🍎ajima that the company should stick with its own design principles.

Yamaha won the MotoGP triple crown of Riders', Teams' and Manufacturers' titles from 2008 to 2010 - with Valentino Rossi and then Jorge Lorenzo claimin𒀰g individual honours - but success swung dramatically in Honda's fa🌠vour last year.

New signing Casey Stoner gave Honda its first MotoGP title since 2006, with HRC's RC212V motorcycle winning 13 of last season's 17 races. Lorenzo finished title runner-up for Yamaha with three wins, while new team-mate Ben Spies took the oꦗther viꦗctory.

Meanwhile Doviz🐽ioso kept third in the championship from team-mate Dani ꩲPedrosa during November's Valencia season finale, then made his Tech 3 Yamaha debut a day later at the same circuit.

A Honda rider since the 2002 125cc season, Dovizioso was able to provide Yamaha engin𒆙eers with a direct comparison between the 800cc Japanese bikes, before moving on to test the 1000cc M1.

The last tim🍨e a Repsol Honda rider moved to Yamaha was Valentino Rossi in ꦐ2004.

"This is a very interesting subject," said Masahiko Nakajima, general manager of Yamaha's Motorsport Development Divisio♑n, when asked about feedback from a factory RCV rider.

"In Valencia last year already we got many comments from Dovizioso (pictured). His comments alwa🌸ys compared the Yamaha with the Honda at that track.

"During last season we als🐬o investigated a lot of things about the RC212 bike. And someti🐠mes I thought we have to follow the Honda type of bike - or Honda type of engine [V4 compared with Yamaha's Inline4] blah, blah, blah...

"But finally, I reached the decision🌟 that this is not true.

"We can't create a Honda bike; Yamaha can only create a Yamaha bike. This was my conclusion. We have to create more like Yamaha and must go our own way with the chas𒊎sis🐟 and engine."

Speaking during the Sepang tests, former British MotoGP race winner Dovizioso spoke about the contrasting philosopꦛhies.

"The Yamaha is really different, because the philosoph༒y of📖 Yamaha and Honda from history is always opposite: Honda tried to have the most power and Yamaha the best handling," he said.

"I arrived with the mentality of Honda and tried to ride the Yamaha in a certain way, but it didn༺'t work. So I had to change and lap by lap it is getting much better."

Despite a fractured collarbone in a winter motocross acci♛dent, Dovizioso already looks comfortable on the M1 - the Italian leaving the second and final Sepang test as the top Yamaha rider in third place.