It was a deeply bruised Maverick Viñales who withdrew from this weekend's Austin Grand Prix, to which he had nevertheless traveled. We learned from Aprilia's sporting director, Massimo Rivola, that his pilot had arrived in Houston, Texas, but that he could not overcome his sadness at having lost his young cousin, 11 years his junior, Dean Berta Viñales . He therefore took his return ticket home, with all the understanding and solidarity of his employer.
The sequence of events which led to the forfeiture of Maverick Vinales for this Grand Prix in Austin was narrated by the menu on the Gazzetta Dello Sport. And it's Massimo rivola himself who speaks about it: “ I was expecting it a little, we had talked about it in recent days, he was undecided, he tried but then he didn't succeed », explains the manAprilia. " After what happened, we gave him a free choice. “I will never force you, decide with your heart” I told him. We are a family at Aprilia and we made him feel it ».
Maverick Vinales: “ I don't want to, I'm not running this weekend«
« If he had decided to run, I would still have liked to look him in the eyes before taking him out on the track »Continues Massimo rivola concerning Casa Particular in Viñales. But we didn't get that far. The new pilot Aprilia had landed at the Houston airport between Tuesday and Wednesday due to the weather. Then he called Massimo rivola to tell him this: “ I don't want to, I'm not running this weekend ". He then took the first available plane to Spain to return home.
« Now he just needs peace, to be with his family and little Nina can help him. Between now and Misano, he will have time to reset, reboot and come back stronger than before " finished Rivola. Aprilia will only be in Austin with the only Aleix Espargaró.
