Yamaha have created a whole new electronics operation - called Electronic Control Group - in the wake of their recent MotoGP disasters and installed Michele Gadda at its head. Gadda has already been tinkering with the M1's electronics strategies in conjunction with an oppo in Japan and Valentino Rossi believes that it is already paying dividends - plus he is happy that Yamaha have started to put in more effort to close the gap to Honda and Ducati. Motegi will be an indicator of how much they have caught up. It was more than likely no co-incidence that Johann Zarco also found some pace at Buriram with the combination of surface and harder-carcass tyre suiting the M1. But the Frenchman...
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