MotoGP Valencia-1 J1: COVID-19 attacks the official Yamaha team

This evening, in Valencia, we can imagine the strongest desire that inhabits the members of the official Yamaha team in MotoGP. It's about putting an end to this season as quickly as possible, which is turning sour. The brand was sanctioned for cheating in the management of a problem affecting its engines. Its driver Maverick Viñales will have to start from the pit lane, since equipped with a new engine taken out of the exhausted annual allocation. And then COVID-19 gets involved…

The official team Yamaha is going through a bad streak. After the throes of technique and a disciplinary sanction, the Monster Yamaha team is grappling with the Covid-19. After the positivity of an engineer, after the Grand Prix at Le Mans, and the consecutive isolation of 5 other members of the team, after that of Valentino Rossi, another member of Iwata's team was found positive for coronavirus in Valencia.

Marelli infected

This is the telemetrist of Maverick Vinales. Following the discovery, the engineer was “removed” from the circuit, while the entire team was subjected to additional sampling. However, it was decided to quarantine 4 other team members who came into contact with the engineer, including the team manager Massimo Meregalli. The five will miss the European Grand Prix and the next one, also scheduled on the Valencia track. Certainly, but what about Maverick Vinales ? ...