This association is definitely the central theme of this winter! Indeed, at the end of 2025, Maverick Viñales and Jorge Lorenzo unveiled with great fanfare that they would team up to bring "Top Gun" back to the top.Lorenzo, largely absent from the circuits since his retirement in 2019, now wants to return to racing; alongside Viñales, on the one hand, but also within his own academy, where he aims to train the talents of tomorrow. Marc Marquez, who knew Lorenzo well as a teammate but also and especially as a rival, shares his thoughts on this partnership.
The nine-time world champion has not taken this new team lightly at all, to say the least. "I find it interesting; I saw them training, they are enthusiastic and very motivated. The results will show whether a duo is performing well or not.If they get results, they'll succeed, and if not, that's where they'll have to work, refining every detail of their technique. But they really put their heart and soul into everything they do. we read on Todocircuito.
Marquez wouldn't even have any trouble ranking Maverick Viñales among his favorites for the title. It seems hard to believe, of course, but he's learned not to underestimate anyone. « If there's one thing I've learned from one season to the next, it's that you always have to take all the contenders into account.That's what Andrea Dovizioso taught me; nobody was talking about him, and yet he ended up winning. Álex Márquez taught us the same thing; nobody was talking about him here last year, and yet he proved the same thing to us. » he added.
That said, when asked for a specific list, he did not include Maverick Vinales. « We'll be keeping an eye on all the riders: Pedro Acosta, Bezzecchi, Pecco, Álex Marquez… I think these will be the names to remember, not forgetting the entire MotoGP field.” he concluded politely.
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