MotoGP Red Bull Ring 1: Maverick Viñales has already forgotten the disappointment of Brno

Maverick Viñales' strategy is now known: after having suffered so much during the last two years wondering about his Yamaha and how things were going, he decided to move on and find positive things in everything. A strategy close to denial but which preserves morale. This approach is felt in his speech before a Styrian Grand Prix which follows that of Brno which was nonetheless a disaster. But the Yamaha official no longer remembers it…

If, at Brno, if the sinking ofAndrea Dovizioso there was something pathetic, the collapse of Maverick Vinales was spectacular. Only fourteenth and last of the four Yamahas, he took an uppercut which made him groggy. But he wasn't on the mat or counting ten. So it's still a little dizzy, but with the right spirit he presents himself a week later in Styria, region where he will settle for two weeks, since two Grand Prix of two successive weekends will follow.

“What happened in Brno is not important”

The Spanish pilot Yamaha knows that the Austrian track on paper is not favorable to its M1, but given the lack of Marc Marquez still struggling with rehabilitation after the second operation on his right humerus, and the Ducati's difficulties, there would be an opportunity to seize.

« I didn't have a good feeling in Brno, but what happened before is not important. I will be completely focused on Austria and have positive feelings. We know Spielberg has a lot of stop-and-go turns and a lot of acceleration, but we did a good job last year » assesses the top gun.

« We had a lot of tire degradation issues in 2019, so that will definitely be an area we work on this weekend. If we do a good job, I think we can have a good weekend ". The one that is coming promises to be rainy, which means launching into the unknown...