Maverick Viñales is the one from the Yamaha clan who paid a high price for the lack of reliability of the manufacturer's engines. These five mechanics allocated for the season having all been used, he had to resign himself to a sixth, certainly brand new, but forcing him to start from the pit lane, five seconds after the start of the peloton. He still finished the European Grand Prix ahead of Fabio Quartararo, but it's not an achievement...
Indeed, if Maverick Vinales recovered a championship point on fabio quartararo, it's because the latter fell at the start of the event to finish 14th. Which means that the Spaniard is therefore 13rd, far from a double Suzuki lead by Joan mir winner who took power in the championship.
A title race which is no longer the official's concern Yamaha , now 41 lengths from Joan mir, while there are only two Grands Prix left: “ I don't even think about the championship anymore » assures the Top Gun, to say the least bitter. “ For that, Mir would have to make mistakes and I would have to win. But at the moment we have serious problems ».
“We have nothing to try, we have no information”
He is already looking ahead to the future season: “ the next one should be different with more tracks where we are fast. Anything can happen, we'll see ". But the furtive illusion fades in the face of the sad reality Yamaha : " At the moment we don't have anything new to try, I honestly don't know what's going to happen, we have no information ».
« I know Yamaha is working, but we are having problems. Even if I didn't start from the pit lane, I wouldn't have done better than seventh or eighth. ". He finishes : " I think Portimao will be a good track for us. I would like to go there with the idea of winning. In Valencia, next week, it will still be difficult ».
He ends by admitting to having revised his objectives: “ Being the best Yamaha rider is the goal at the end of the season. We take what we can take ". At the very least, finish this campaign in front of your future teammate Fabio Quartararo would be like a consolation prize...
MotoGP Valencia-1 J3: classification
