It wasn't easy, but the problem is now resolved. Enter the track engineer Ramón Forcada and her foal Maverick Vinales, the thread was broken and it was even definitively lost with the period of failure suffered by both Yamaha and its rider. As a reminder, his last victory dates back to the 2017 French Grand Prix. And as he signed a lease which will take him until the end of the 2020 season, it was hardly reasonable to continue this tense relationship in the box…
Certainly, but we still had to find a replacement for the man who won three world titles with Jorge Lorenzo. That is in 2010, 2012 and 2015. Initially, the team member Red tried to convince Jose Manuel Cazeux who incubated him during his Suzuki period. But the Argentinian declined, preferring to continue the adventure of the GSX-RR with Alex Rins.
So, the choice fell on another old acquaintance: Stephen Garcia. The latter was given the title of Casa Particular in Viñales in Moto3 in 2013. He worked at KTM as chief mechanic of the test rider Mika Kallio before assuming today the same functions alongside Bradley Smith. In 2019, his Austrian employer offered him the job of taking care of logistics for the Tech3 satellite team. A task that did not appeal to him.
This will therefore be the great Yamaha adventure with Casa Particular in Viñales, while at KTM, it is Markus Eschenbacher who will be the chief engineer of John Zarco.
