Wilco Zeelenberg, team manager for Jorge Lorenzo, has been tasked by Yamaha to scout up-and-coming talents for the Japanese manufacturer in MotoGP. Apart from his job as track analyst for Lorenzo, the ex-rider has been in charge, since last year, of following several championships to try to identify young up-and-coming talents and approach them. The initiative was launched by Yamaha last season upon realising it was lacking in that area when compared to Honda - which, apart from having bikes in Moto3 and powering the entire Moto2 field, also has its own junior formula in Asia, the Talent Cup, led by Alberto Puig. "What I do is approach kids, see how they work, how they train and how...
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