This time, the conflict is open between Maverick Viñales and Yamaha. On the eve of this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, the Spanish rider with increasingly harsh comments towards his team will have to explain himself to his employer Yamaha.
The atmosphere has not been good since the start of the season between Yamaha et Casa Particular in Viñales and it has deteriorated since Assen, when the driver requested, and obtained, the conventional break with the Japanese manufacturer. The return to Styria did not help matters, especially after the second start of the race.
There was also, and above all, the approach of the father of Top Gun hired in a stable in WSS300 and who unilaterally broke with Yamaha for the supply of its motorcycles. Angel Vinales, Maverick's father, tweeted about what happened at Grand Prix of Styria : " enough, it's shameful to do that to a pilot ". Hinting that, perhaps, it wasn't a normal racing failure or human error that caused his son's motorcycle to stop moments before the green light. “ The silence is over! It is shameful ! Doing these things to the pilot because he's leaving ».
The point of no return seems to have been reached and we await the reaction of Yamaha ...
