That’s the view of Yamaha test rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Cal Crutchlow, who took part in six end-of-season races for the satellite RNF squad alongside devܫelopment duties with next year’s machine.

2020 title runner-up Morbidelli has only taken one podium in the last two years, suffering a step down in results since re♏turning from knee surgery to take over from Maverick Vinales at the factory team in late 2021.

Morbidelli’s smooth style on an A-spec bike had enabled him to outscore Fabio Quartararo as Petronas team-mates in 2020 - a season that saw all four Yamaha riders on the podium and three of them win races – but by 2022 only Quartararo could unlock the M1’s shrinking performance (grip) window.

Realising his naturally smooth approach wasn’t working, Morbidel💦li tried to🎉 morph into a Quartararo-type attacking style during this season. Some progress was made, but there was little reward.

While Quartararo battled to defend his world title, ultimately losing out to Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia at the final round, Morbidelli was the next𝕴 best Yamaha rider in just 19th. Quartararo took three wins and eight podiums, with Morbidelli a best of seventh in the Mandalika rain and tenth in the dry, at the Valencia finale.

The good news for Morbidelli is that, alongside the top speed increase Quartararo craves, Crutchlow is pushing for Yamaha to rediscover🔯 its sm🌠ooth philosophy for 2023.

“Honestly speaking, I think Yam🍃aha needs to go back to make it so that you 🅘don't have to be an aggressive rider. That's the reality,” Crutchlow said.

“The problem is – andꩵ why Frankie’s had to 𒁏turn into an aggressive rider - is because the bike’s [become] like that. And that's not Yamaha's philosophy.

“We need to make the bike smoother and calmer. We need to work on thꦛat for next year and it'll make the🀅 bike better overall.

Crutchlow: I fully expect Frankie to be good next year

“The Yamaha was always the slowest bike [in a straight line], but still the fastest around the track most of the time. Now it's trying to be faster and faster [on the straight] and it🌜's more difficult [to rꦍide]," Crutchlow added.

“So the philosophy has to go back, I th🧜ink, in one way.

“And Frankie is a smooth rider at heart. So this is why I full🌱y expect Frankie to be good next year. Heജ’s had a difficult year, but it doesn't mean that he won't come back."

Although Crutchlow didn’t ride at the official Valencia test, where Yamaha were left baffled by a lack oܫf performance from the previously promisi♌ng 2023 engine, he had tried the same updatesꦿ a week earlier iꦚn a private outing at Jerez.

“The new bike is very good [for] top speed," Crutchlow had said. "But we need🧸 to work on the rest of the stuff for next year, then come back for Sepang [February] in a better way and I'm looking forward to that."

2023 is ﷽the last year of Morbidelli’s current Yamaha contract.