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00:00The idea is to talk about what you can do and not what you can do and take out the maximum.
00:11In the frattempo, it's 3.
00:13This year it's important because this is the breaking phase here.
00:18I believe it's the first weekend of my first 5 weekend in the squadra
00:22in which I don't want to talk about grip.
00:25It's one more than special day for Pablo Baccarat.
00:55I'm rather sure of the show about how I can have a bad idea for my second weekend
00:58and I can't even see much of my Chang'an after that.
01:01The next weekend, this weekend I'm nearly there!
01:07We're just going to stop and change and change to the full direction of the Polis!
01:13We're just gonna play in the background of the Polis,
01:16so we can play in front of the Polis so that we don't have control골!
01:18Yeah, retirement is the first funny word because it's retirement but here I am dressed in blue
01:35at a Grand Prix. I would say it's more a significant change of role, so probably the first remarkable
01:44moment is I stopped with my old role on December 31st and the new one on January 1st. So it's the
01:50first time I really celebrated the new year because at that moment I was, shall we say,
01:55losing the responsibility because running this project for 26 years, always being the boss,
02:01always in charge of everything, let's say in good and bad, is quite a heavy weight.
02:14It was an important moment for me. Now I am enjoying my new role, being advisor to Paolo,
02:30to YMC engineers and other work colleagues. I think he's the ideal person to take over from me.
02:38Having the knowledge of running Yamaha Europe's racing program, having the commercial knowledge,
02:43having spent many, many years in the company. So it was an easy choice, honestly, because he stood
02:50out. The biggest difference I would see, and I'm happy to see that, is great energy. So he has a lot
02:57of energy and he wants to arrive, he wants to understand, he wants to change and he's already
03:02starting the process of changing, let's say, for the next step, which will be probably from 26 and
03:08beyond. So I think he's doing really well and I think he's fitted very well with the team.
03:13So, good luck to him for the future.
03:15I did the savoir-how this is about to make it become a bit more normal, which means it
03:30does not mean that today we can go there but have all the weekend we can have this spirit.
03:34The idea of talking about what you can do and what you cannot do and what you cannot do, and
03:39what you can do and what you can't do
03:43and pull out the maximum
03:45The package in the meantime must grow
03:47Today we are here to try new things
03:50WeekendRF will be able to give a good result
03:57The company is the same, the job is very new
04:00but what has been also a big change for me and for us as a family
04:04has been to be back in Italy
04:07We are in a few minutes with the water
04:20How are you?
04:22How are you?
04:23How are you?
04:24How are you?
04:25Well, in the fourth race, the first race
04:27Exactly
04:28What are you doing?
04:30What are you doing?
04:32What are you doing?
04:34What are you doing?
04:36What are you doing?
04:37What are you doing?
04:38We are here!
04:39We are here!
04:40We are here!
04:41Bye!
04:43In the last 10 years I've been living where Yamaha
04:46European headquarters, so Amsterdam
04:49and the family is still there and will join me back at the end of the school, so in June
04:54Coming back to Italy has been an interesting experience
04:58You are seen as you have always been there, but it's not exactly like this
05:03So I try to bring with me what I've learned being abroad, but I really try also to work and put together the different culture
05:11which we have now in YMR, which we have in the project
05:15There are Italians, there are other European colleagues and there are the Japanese
05:19which in those 20 years I've learned to know pretty well
05:23The preparation phase, the preparation for this comeback or for this start has been very emotional for me
05:31because I've been lucky enough to have Lynn Jarvis very close to me
05:35Lynn has been a colleague for many years, but honestly I remember when I joined Yamaha, I was 29
05:42back in the time, I've seen Lynn coming to Italy to build YMR
05:48MotoGP was MotoGP and as a young marketeer in love with motorcycle
05:53Lynn Jarvis was already, I would say something special to me
05:56and I think it's been a blessing and it's still something which I feel lucky for
06:01to have Lynn close to me
06:03with a very balanced relation
06:07he's giving me tips, he's sharing with me experience
06:10but he's also encouraging me
06:13and pushing me
06:14to do it in my own way
06:16this is a transformation moment
06:18this is an evolution moment
06:20and doing this together with him
06:23counting on his advice
06:25yeah, it's something I'm very happy
06:27I think it's something very Yamaha
06:30I'd say not bad
06:31the weekend
06:32No, I'd say not bad
06:33we've only expected 560 days
06:36but
06:37now we have to take the rhythm
06:39and the rhythm
06:40well
06:41it's been a very linear weekend for Fabio
06:44in reality
06:45he's already
06:47convinced
06:48and has shown
06:51the steps
06:53in this year
06:54I think it was interesting
06:56for me
06:57I think it was the first weekend
06:58of my first five weekend
07:00in the team
07:01in which I don't hear
07:03talk about grip
07:04I've heard
07:05I'm talking about
07:06sensations
07:07how to go a little bit
07:08stronger
07:09I had a little margin
07:10in that curve
07:11it was interesting
07:14because it's a very different atmosphere
07:16as you say
07:17as you say
07:18so we started the season
07:19a little bit
07:20with Sepang
07:21I think even
07:23too much
07:24too fast
07:25it was a little bit
07:26not the reality
07:28at that moment
07:29but it was the first sign
07:30that the job started to pay
07:32we started well
07:34the test
07:35of Malaysia
07:36the improvement
07:37was significant
07:38compared to what was
07:39the last year
07:40then we started
07:42the first two
07:43in Thailand
07:45and Argentina
07:46where
07:47I think
07:48the expectations
07:49that we had
07:50left
07:51the result
07:53of the race
07:54left
07:55a little bit
07:56in the mouth
07:57but maybe
07:58we really saw
07:59the potential
08:01of the race
08:02we got more confidence
08:04from the rider
08:05from Fabio for sure
08:06Fabio makes a great job
08:08but also
08:09all the other riders
08:10that are growing up
08:11their performance
08:12this was one of our
08:13weakest points last year
08:14and now
08:15it looks like
08:16on this side
08:17we closed the gap
08:18and now
08:19we have to look for
08:20more consistency
08:21during the race
08:22that is one of our
08:23new goal
08:24for all this season
08:25we have really
08:27made a step
08:28especially
08:29in that
08:30that is
08:31the time attack
08:32Fabio
08:33has done three pole positions
08:34in three circuit
08:35completely different
08:36like
08:37Arcares
08:38Le Mans
08:39Silverstone
08:40where
08:41we could
08:42touch
08:43how
08:45the race
08:46has improved
08:47compared to
08:48last year
08:49technically
08:50we need time
08:51it is not something
08:52that can be solved
08:53quickly
08:54a few years ago
08:55there have been
08:56important steps
08:57but
08:58there is a lot
08:59of improvement
09:00there is a different enthusiasm
09:02in fact
09:03the riders
09:04are living
09:05differently
09:06from the last year
09:07this is fundamental
09:08it is the base
09:09I think
09:10it is a very positive situation
09:11because
09:12we are going
09:13in the right direction
09:14we are going
09:15in the right direction
09:16let's go
09:17let's go
09:18let's go
09:19let's go
09:21let's go
09:22and the other thing apart from results what I can really see is that the riders are
09:27starting to really enjoy to ride the bike again and I remember way back in the
09:32the day Valentino always told me the most important point of making my switch
09:37and I remember way back in the day Valentino always told me the most important point of making my switch
09:39coming to you and to victory is you need to enjoy it is you need to enjoy it so when you see a rider is really feeling at one with the bike
09:46and the other thing apart from results what I can really see is that the riders are starting to really enjoy to ride the bike again and I remember way back in the day Valentino always told me the most important point of making my switch coming to you and to victory is you need to enjoy it so when you see a rider is really feeling at one with the bike
10:08you know that they can perform exceptional things and I think that this work that we did hiring new staff changing our system of working opening up the mind of the traditional mind of Japanese colleagues it really is starting to pay off now
10:28the first time I met with Paolo that I just to make a try to make just a greeting but I spend already more than hours to talk with him in the course of our conversation we created this very nice word that is joint leadership that he always brings something new with speed from different perspectives in order to carry out a major challenge it
10:56it is important to have a priority before going to the practical discussion we started to sharing the basic idea from the visionary side
11:03this year is important because this is the breaking phase here so this is the year where we're going to learn to be secure we can build a gap or let's say we can build an advantage postage
11:25of course in the speed
11:27Paul arrived during the winter time and was a kind of changing he is clearing the company for a long time but his way to approach also the racing is a kind of very very
11:40very very
11:43I was talking to people
11:46no no no I was talking to talk bad but without being offended
11:47but honestly I was quite new here but his way to
11:53to put effort and energy and to manage the things is quite good always came to find a new proposal or new things to grow up as a team but also as a brand as a team
12:09a brand as Yamaha not just in terms of performance so it's a very very good
12:16approach I think also for Yamaha but also in general for the MotoGP paddock so
12:20even if it's very demanding we really enjoy to share the time
12:30after more than 20 years in the company to be very honest I was not expecting
12:35this new adventure being so exciting so intense but I would say also so
12:41rewarding we've been already traveling all around the world for three months now
12:47from the team launch in Sepang the first course overseas and now we are in Eretz
12:52the first European race of what I heard the people which are a long time in MotoGP
12:58paddock they call a kind of championship in the championship but it's gonna be 12
13:03races for four months and I would say the first has been pretty special for me
13:08the first pole position the first podium as well but for Yamaha and for Fabio 560
13:16days without this feeling which is very special and for me it's so important to
13:21be honest not at personal level it's very important because it gives a reward to
13:26everyone who has been working so hard in the last months but I would say in the
13:30last years to bring back the project where we we want it to be also for Fabio I'm
13:37sure I've seen his eyes different since Friday there was an emotion that was there
13:44was the joy that the rider to be fast needs to feel because finally this is a job
13:50but remains something special for all of us which are working into it for the
13:55riders most of all because those are the emotions based on which we can we can go
14:01further we can put this extra mile extra effort extra creativity when you are an
14:06engineer and maybe you know extra spark when when you are a rider
14:13this is a good day okay

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