M🅠ax Bartolini has explained the Ducati philosophy he𒁏 plans to bring to Yamaha.

Bartolini ended a 20-year association with Ducati to become Yamaha’s techn🔴iꦦcal director.

He is crucial to the Japanese maꦜnufacturer digging themselves out of the hole that they’vඣe fallen into.

Bartolini told ab🍬out one trait he wants to bring from Ducati to Yamaha: “Apart from the experience; the way of always pursuing, of trying to go faster, to improve, even through small things.

“Understanding and improving: this i💖s the main engine that drives Ducati at the moment and which perhaps make𝓰s the difference over the others.

“I came w𒊎ith th🍃e idea of ​​mixing two ways of working.

“Yamaha has a series of extremely positive things, th💖e same goes for Ducati, including speed, reactivity, ingenuity.

“By mixing the two 🍬cultures you could get the best of both, over time.

“We always remember that Ducati needed several years to get itself right, and that it started from a base that was perhaps simpler than the one 𒁏we 💮have here."

Bartolini said about Yamaha’s current MotoGP machine: “The mechanical basis of 🤪the bike itself is𝔉 quite good, maybe we remained a bit stuck on some things.

“On the o🔜ther side [at Ducati] there was a different potential and the structure was almost entirely🦂 standing, Gigi Dall'Igna was very good at directing it in the right direction.

“Without him, perhaps, it would have beenꦫ impossible."

Bartolini said about changes within Yamah🎀a: “We are changing the way we work, think, approach things, and that's what takes the most time.

“Yamaha's general approach comes from another culturꦰe, they are a little more conservat༒ive, slower.

“The saying is true that the Japanese think s🐠omething 10 times before doing 𒅌it, but we are the opposite.

“The change in attitude is the thing that seems to me to be workingꦓ the most, and it is the most impo🃏rtant."

Ba🥀rtolini continued: “I have never seen such a large company.

“In Iwata they are giants, the racing environment is less differentiඣated than at Ducati.

“In Borgo ꦦPanigale the racing department was the core business of everything, Yamaha on the other hand is a company that has its heart in production, and I can assure you that it is scary.”

Yamaha’s MotoGP project began to wane after Fabio Quar꧒tararo’s 2021 title, and his inability to keep pace with Ducati the following year.

But they have acquired the Pramac satellite team, booꦿsting their numbers to four bikes on the grid in 2025.

They are also plotting to revert to a V4 en🍸gine which won’t be an overnight fix, but points 🌼to a brighter future for the former powerhouse.