Maverick Vinles Archives - World of Speed

Maverick Vinales admitted in a recent interview that his move to Yamaha in 2017 was not the right step in his career. The Spaniard left the Iwata team early last season and moved to Aprilia. Dissatisfaction and poor energy within his part of the team were not hidden from the public. The Spaniard has repeatedly publicly criticized the lack of support from the team in the past. Even the victory at the start of the season in Qatar did not bring change for the better. The results in the subsequent races were again below average, he did not return to the podium until the end of June in the Netherlands. It was the great fluctuations in form that marked his period at Yamaha the most. On a good day, he could be practically unstoppable, but when things didn't go his way, he was

Franco Morbidelli accepted the blame for the collision with Maverick Vinales, which left them both without a place. The Yamaha racer tried to overtake Danilo Petrucci in seventh place in the seventh turn when Morbidelli crashed into him from behind. Both riders ended the race prematurely with a fall, while Petrucci managed to avoid it. Morbidelli admitted after the race that he made the mistake due to the excessive speed with which he came into the turn, which was due to the wind of the racers in front of him. "In the last laps I drove at full speed in the desire to reach at least sixth place. I didn't want to overtake anyone in that turn, the excessive speed was due to a double wind. Vinales drove slightly out of the ideal line when overtaken by Petrucci and at the same time someone

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Vinales described the transfer to Yamaha as a mistake

Morbidelli accepted the blame for the collision with Vinales