Maverick Viñales points finger at Yamaha
Maverick Viñales points finger at Yamaha
On the occasion of the presentation of his documentary on "DAZN Spain", Maverick Viñales, among the various topics covered, è returned to his adventure in official Yamaha without sparing harsh barbs against the Japanese stable.
"When I arrived in Yamaha, I did it like a rocket. I landed there with a clear idea, a clear goal, which was to become World Champion riding their bike. When I got on the M1 at the Valencia tests I was innomitable and asked the engineers not to touch it, I wanted that one, which had been Jorge Lorenzo" bike, began the Spanish centaur.
"I wanted them to take that bike to Qatar, becauseè I was sure that with that I would win the World Championship. At the Sepang test, però the bike was new, becauseé the Japanese always want to improve. I felt great even with the new one, but I felt something was wrong. I won the first two races of the season and then managed to triumph in Le Mans as well, beating my idol Valentino Rossi" continued the'former Aprilia rider.
At Montmelò, forò, è everything changed. I tested with five different chassis and I couldn't understand anything anymore. I got to Assen and crashed. From that moment everything started to fall apart. That year frustrated me a lot, it was my year and the time when I was stronger and faster than everyone else. Mentally it hurt me even more because I expected to win and there's nothing worse than expecting something that doesn't happen. As the seasons went by è it got worse and worse. I am sorry that it ended this way, becauseé if Yamaha had listened to me I would have undoubtedly won the world title" added the 1995-class centaur.
" The goal for me remains to win a World Championship and in today’s MotoGp there are two factions: either you go against Ducati or you join them. In Ducati è it is very difficult to win, because you have the same bike but not the same weapons. So I was left with only one option, to go to KTM and be the challenger" concluded Maverick Viñales.
