Valentino Rossi 🥂has denied that a lack of morale on his side of the factory Yamaha garage was behind a change of crew ⛦chief for the 2020 MotoGP season.

Instead, Ros🌄si explained that 'the bigger problem is the results👍'.

Having taken 115 grands prix victories, a reco꧂rd 89 of them in the premier-class, Rossi knows that winning changes everything.

But the Doctor hasn't taken a race victory since Assen 2017 and by the end of this season had g💯one 16 races without even standing on the podium.

"For me💞, the morale was…. So, the bigger problem is the results," Rossi said.

"In our sport, like in the re༒st of life, if you have a good result, everything is good. But if you suffer, ever✃ything becomes more difficult.

"But the guys [in the team] are happy."

A shake-up for next year sees Ro🧸ssi swap experienced crew chief Silv𝔍ano Galbusera (who replaced Jerry Burgess in 2014) for MotoGP 'rookie' David Munoz, who impressed Rossi as part of his VR46 Moto2 team.

"David is a young chief mechanic so it's very interesting also for me. It's like the 'new generation' of chief mechanic. This is good. I like it," Rossi said. "But we need time, and especially he needs time to understand me and learn🔴 more the M1.

"But I✃ think if we are strong and competitive, moralꦰe is not a problem!"

Establishing a working relationship with Munoz was on🅷e of Rossi's top priorities for the pair of post-season tests, at Valencia and Jerez.

"For us, m🌺y team, these two tests were important, especially for two things. The first is David, the new chief mechanic and the way to work with him. Because the work in the box has changed a little bit and under this point of view we are all very happy. We need time, he needs time, but we have a good feeling.

"And the other important thing is the new bike. The feeling with the new bike is quite positive, under some points of view the bike has improved, but the bike still has some problems and al﷽so we need to make a bigger step. So we are not so bad with the new bike, but we still have some work."

Since concluding the MꦛotoGP tests, Rossi has been on track in a Mercedes F1 car and taken a podium finish alongside brother Luca Marini and friend Uccio in the Gulf 12 Hours sports car race.

Rossi and Munoz will start their 2020 MotoGP activities at the Sepang test in February, justᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ before♒ Rossi's 41st birthday.