Yamaha team manager Daniele Romagnoli has decided that the wall that divides the Yamaha factory team is a good idea and that even Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo will benefit from it.

The partition was placed in 2008 when Valentino Rossi switched over to Bridgestone tires while team mate Lorenzo was on Michelins and both tire manufacturers requested it to protect intellectual property and the swapping of key information.

With the introduction of the single tyre rule and with the entire grid will be running Bridgestone tires, and the wall is no longer necessity and should come down, however reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi has convinced the head honchos in Yamaha that the wall should stay up.

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Lin Jarvis Yamaha’s Racing Director is going to have his work cut out for him this winter, his four riders in MotoGP, Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo in Yamaha FIAT and Colin Edwards and James Toseland in TECH3 are starting to clash and it’s not on a race track.

Many may recall Jorge Lorenzo’s recent plea to Valentino Rossi to pull down the wall that separates his garage from that of his teammate, stating that its not needed anymore now that they’re both on the same tires, that there are no secrets to keep and they’re a team. Rossi seems intentioned in keeping the wall up and having enough problems keeping rivals Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa at bay, probably does not want to concede any advantages to the young and very talented Spaniard, who many see as another very serious pretender to The Doctor’s crown.

Other problems are also brewing in Yamaha, with the TECH3 camp also up in arms. James Toseland and Colin Edwards have fallen out over Gary Reinders, who was Edward’s crew chief and who has now switched over to help the English rider in 2009.

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