No more anger, tantrums and untimely declarations directly correlated to his results on the track?
It is in any case a Maverick Vinales infinitely more calm and serene which appears today throughout the Grands Prix in the Yamaha box.
We can also judge from this interview given to Trademarks, in which the Catalan pilot evades all the journalist's attempts at polemic to demonstrate a relatively new calm.
Happy, Maverick Viñales, despite his roller coaster results? Yes, because it is in real life, that is to say, life outside the circuits. On the latter, he alternates between excellence (victory at Assen) and the most frustrating, but he copes with this aspect much better thanks to the work with his psychologist who brings him “Above all, peace of mind, trying to be calm, knowing what the limit is that we have with the bike during the weekend, and leaving it at that. Above all, calm is what it brings me the most.”
This new displayed calm complements another declared facet of his personality, his humility: " I am the same. I have been humble since birth. Fortunately, it didn't change me. I come from a pretty humble family and they've always been that way, so that hasn't changed. I think it's true that I'm more one with the team, I try to be more with the mechanics, the people who are close to me. But humble, really, I have always been humble and I remain so.”
Calm, humility, in these conditions what could be more normal than approaching a race weekend with fatalism when it includes disappointments on Sunday: “Yes, but that’s the summary of what can be done with the Yamaha. In Moto2 or other categories, I was often in 16th place and finished on the podium. It's the bike, the feeling you get from it. The explanation is that on Friday and Saturday there is good grip and on Sunday, in the race, there is no grip. And when there's no grip, this bike doesn't work. This is the harsh reality.”
And let us tell each other, even one fabio quartararo in front, on a satellite motorcycle, will not manage to annoy the new Viñales: " No way. In the Factory team we have an extra job, which is to test all the equipment, and often we can't concentrate on finding a time lap or pace, and that's always difficult. It doesn't make me nervous that Quartararo is in front of us. At the end of the day, we’re here to improve what we do and be better at it.”
As for the adventures or pranks linked to Marc Márquez, whether they concern Álex Rins or himself, the Yamaha rider has nothing to do with them: “the truth is that I didn't see (the altercation between Márquez and Rins). On Saturday I had a lot of other problems watching the two angry. I don't think he does it with me. If he comes to play with me, he is wrong because he should be playing with his opponents. I think his rivals are the others, not me.”
Maverick Viñales, an (almost) serene man, we tell you!
