Although improving straight-line performance is one of Yamaha’s top priorities for 2023, with ex-F1 engine designer Luca Marmorini hired to help extract more speedꦦ from the M1, a V4 switch wasn’t an option.

At least for now.

"I can't imagine that," Yamaha Racing managing director Lin Jarvis told . “Because it i꧙s an enormous task to design, develop and produce a 1000cc V4 engine for the MotoGP World Championship from scratch.

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“If we planned that for the new regulations for the five yജears from 2027 to 2031, it m🔜ight make sense.

“But we haven't decided yet wh🔯ich direction we're going to go because the technical regulations aren't fixed yet. [The future rules] should be decided in 2023, after which we have four years to develop it.

“Then, with the new technology, we have the same opportunity for a new MotoGP engine as any other꧒ manufacturer."

Yama♐ha’s 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo and team-mate Franco Morbidelli were impressed by the upgradജed engine at last month’s Sepang test, selecting a final version for the upcoming season.

“We are convinc🍸ed that we will still find large development capacities with our Inline4🤡," Jarvis said.

"Now I always hear: 'Suzuki is gone,🌜 Yamaha is the only factory with an inline engine'. I'm happy to reply: 'Yes, we are the only ones with this advantage!'"

In🌳line4 engines finished first and second in the 2020 MotoGP World Championship with Joan Mir (Suzuki) and Morbidelli (Yamaha), then won the 2021 title and finished runner-up in 2022 with Quartararo.

Quartararo took three wins last season, with Suzuki’s Alex Rins claiming tw💛o morওe victories for the Inline4. V4 victories were divided into 12 for Ducati, 2 for KTM and 1 for Aprilia.