The Yamaha rider started the World Championship in an unbeatable way, with a victory in the opening round, in Qatar. What happens is that this is the only podium he has been able to accumulate so far. The Catalan occupies fifth place in a general table led by Fabio Quartararo, his partner in the official team of the tuning fork brand.
The contrast between the couple is tremendous, and not only because of the 24-point distance between them: the Frenchman has two victories and three podiums, which would surely be four had he not suffered the stiffening of his right forearm in Jerez , when he commanded comfortably the peloton mid-race.
The dynamics of the Spaniard has not been much less what was expected after the first two appointments, in Losail, and the third, in Portugal , where Yamaha chained three wins at once. Unlike Quartararo, consistency has been conspicuous by its absence in the case of the Catalan, exacerbated even more at Le Mans , two weeks ago, where he started at the front and unraveled when the rain appeared on the third lap of the test.
At 26 years old, Viñales had long wanted to be a father, something that he will be able to experience from now on, after his daughter was born this week. For him, Nina will inject that shot of motivation that will allow him to give that extra point that, in his opinion, separates him from fighting for the most grandiose objectives.
“This weekend is different from all of my life. I feel super motivated. I love the circuit. We are at that level where we can do great things”, commented Viñales, this Thursday, already from Mugello, where he has only been able to get on the podium once (2017), since he competes in the heavy motorcycle category ( 2015).
“It will be difficult to manage those feelings. It will not be easy for me to keep them away [from his family]. The Le Mans race left me with a positive feeling because we were in a position to win if everything had gone normally”, reflected the rider from Roses (Girona), who once again reviewed the blockage that occurred in France when the rain appeared.
“At Le Mans I got really pissed off when it started to rain. I forgot about the race. But if it rains here I’ll be prepared, I’m sure I won’t make any mistakes”, closed #12 .
The photos of the 2021 season of Maverick Viñales in MotoGP
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