I dare say Vinales is done. Silly boy. Never heard of this happening before, a withdrawal due to intentionally trying to wreck the bike ? His attitude doesn’t appear to warrant a continuation in GP . Capable potential future world champion riders are queuing out the door for a seat just now
I'm afraid the sun's set on Crutchlow racing career like Rossi as well these days, time for new blood me thinks.
It'll be interesting to see what Yamaha do after this weekend, will they reinstate MV or will they part ways now.... If he did intentionally try and destroy an engine (or possibly something else - Remember Fenati punched one of his engineers some years ago), I think his time is done, he's under performed for years and lived in Rossi's shadow, but he started off at the beginning of 2021 as the No. 1 in the team, but that didn't last long which is where this uncontrolled behaviour has in my eyes comes from. So assuming Yamaha give him his marching orders, Yamaha have to have someone on the bike at the next round as a replacement, will they chuck Jake on the bike, will they default to Gerloff... who else is available?
Gerloff is who they want on it. Dixon isn’t really ripping up trees in M2 and any M2 rider would sacrifice that ride really. Dovi is still unemployed isn’t he?
So, MotoGP have now posted a further video which IMO, hangs MV out to dry. Total and utter twat bounces the engine of the rev limiter 4 times for no apparent reason other than what looks like frustration. Pretty sure no-one is going to offer odds MV never rides for Yamaha again. Andy
Maybe Yamaha are worried that he may take his teammate out in some kind of revenge move to scupper his championship. Looks like he didn’t engage top gear for the last few laps.
Miller’s take on it ! Asked if Vinales' alleged behaviour was acceptable, Miller added: "Sorry to say, but you're not doing what you get paid for, which is to race a motorcycle to the best of your ability. No matter the temper or whatever. I'm not saying either party is right or wrong, it is what it is, that's between them. "But at the end of the day, it's a relatively simple thing. You get paid to ride a motorcycle. We're not here to be an influencer, we're not here to be whatever these idiots want us to be. "We get paid to race motorcycles. Full stop... And talk to you dickheads!" he laughed.
Correction, it was ss300 in wsbk not m3 Monster Yamaha have withdrawn Maverick Vinales from this weekend’s Austrian MotoGP round, alleging he has been operating his M1 in a ‘irregular manner’ and suspended him from the team. A statement reads: Yamaha regrets to announce that Maverick Viñales’ entry to this weekend’s Austrian MotoGP event has been withdrawn by the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team. The absence follows the suspension of the rider by Yamaha due to the unexplained irregular operation of the motorcycle by the rider during last weekend’s Styria MotoGP race. Yamaha’s decision follows an in-depth analysis of telemetry and data over the last days. Yamaha’s conclusion is that the rider’s actions could have potentially caused significant damage to the engine of his YZR-M1 bike which could have caused serious risks to the rider himself and possibly posed a danger to all other riders in the MotoGP race. The rider will not be replaced at the Austrian GP. Decisions regarding the future races will be taken after a more detailed analysis of the situation and further discussions between Yamaha and the rider. With rumours circulating throughout Thursday as to the underlying story, multiple sources claimed the 26-year-old had been over-revving his M1 in the latter stages of the 27-lap restarted race, including on entry to the pitlane as he retired the machine from 19th, in a bid to blow the engine. Whatever the truth, the rift between the Japanese manufacturer and the Spaniard’s wider family looks to run deep. WorldSBK announced on Tuesday that the Viñales Racing Team, run by Viñales’ father, Angel, had split from Yamaha after running two YZF-R3’s - for Kevin Sabatucci and Dean Berta Viñales - in the WorldSSP300, with the team confirming the decision on Facebook. “It’s official: Viñales Racing Team won’t continue with Yamaha,” the post read. “The rookie team in the WorldSSP300 category has decided, unilaterally, to break the deal with Yamaha Racing. At the moment, there is no confirmation according to another factory so updates will be reported in the coming weeks.”
from MGP site, alas video behind pay wall OnBoard footage from Viñales' YZR-M1 reveals what happened on the last lap of the Styrian GP Tags MotoGP, 2021, BITCI MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH, Maverick Viñales, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP It’s been the news that’s had everyone talking on Thursday ahead of the Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), due to “unexplained irregular operation of the motorcycle” in last weekend’s Styrian GP, has been withdrawn and suspended by Yamaha for the second Red Bull Ring encounter. After a promising start before the race was red-flagged following an incident involving Dani Pedrosa (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) that caused a huge oil spill and fire, Viñales then stalled his bike on the grid just before the warm up lap began for the restart. Subsequently, the Spaniard was forced to take his bike off the grid and start the restarted Styrian GP from the pitlane exit. After catching and passing some riders in the opening exchanges, Viñales was then handed a Long Lap Penalty for exceeding track limits. After the Long Lap Penalty had been served with 15 laps to go, Viñales wasn’t able to recover the positions he had gained prior to the penalty. Heading into the closing stages, Cal Crutchlow (Petronas Yamaha SRT) then passed Viñales with four laps to go, with the number 12 going from lapping in the late 1:25s to suddenly posting three full laps that included a 1:30.3, a 1:31.8 and a 1:30.6 – around five seconds off his previous pace. Then, on the final lap, the OnBoard images show Viñales causing the bike to hit the rev limiter on the exit of Turn 8 before he pulled into pitlane, where again he hit the rev limiter on his YZR-M1 on two occasions. In coming into pitlane on the last lap, Viñales didn’t cross the line to finish the race. We now await to see what happens next between Yamaha and Viñales in 2021. What we do know is the Iwata factory have confirmed no one will replace him for this weekend’s second Red Bull Ring instalment, leaving World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo as the sole Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP rider on track. Naughty boy!
Worth watching/listening... https://www.record.pt/multimedia/videos/detalhe/o-video-que-pode-tramar-ainda-mais-maverick-viales
