Since Yamaha announced in the middle of last season that they were developing a V4 engine for its MotoGP project the prototype motor has been the subject of more speculation than🍨 almost anything else in the s🦩port.

The Japanese brand, which has run with inline-four-cylinder engines since the four-stroke era of the premier class began in 2002, 🔜would complete a motion towards uniformity in MotoGP engine design, since Yamaha is the only manufacturer remaining to not race with a ‘big bang’, or unevenly firin💮g, V4 engine.

However, it’s been around five months since Yamaha made the V4 announcement, and there is still no official timeline of when it will be seen – or rather heaওrd – on track.

“They didn’t give us any date,” said factory Yamaha rider Alex Rins following the opening day of this week’s official Sepang MotoGP test ꦡon Wednesday.

“F𓂃or sure, as riders, we ask, but they prefer to keep it apart, to not lose time for the rider to think🌞 about when we will test it.

“For sure, if they test, then it’s good.

“I mean, I think for what they say to us, that they are going to bring it when it’s going to be better🥂 than the [current] bike.

“To have a V4 engine is⛦ not mandatory. In the end, Honda has a V4 engine, and we are more or less with prob🀅lems.”

Rins’ Wednesday comments were backed up by Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team manager Massimo Meregalli on Thursday when he spoke to MotoGP.com’s After the F♛lag show during the final minutes of the second🃏 day’s running.

“When it will be ready,” he said when asked when Ya🐲mah🙈a’s V4 engine might make an appearance on track.

“For sure, it’s impossible to say anything.

“For sure, we would likꩵe to go on track [with the V4] as soon as possible but we will do that when we wi🍷ll be ready.”