Viñales renews Yamaha contract for 2021-2022

Yamaha has announced that Maverick Viñales will live with the factory team except the discontinuance of the 2022 season, the Spaniard signing a two-year contract extension with his current team.

Viñales has proven big riding, motivation, and consistency to date in his three years of racing with the Yamaha Manufacturing facility Racing MotoGP Group of workers in the MotoGP™ World Championship. The suited partnership resulted in a third space in the total standings in 2017, a fourth space in 2018, and one other third space in 2019.

Extra Yamaha highlights on the Spaniard’s résumé are six wins and 19 podiums, in conjunction with his Yamaha debut dart and Yamaha‘s 500th GP steal in Le Mans, every in 2017, as well to nine poles in total out of 55 Advantageous Prix weekends aboard the YZR-M1.

Lin Jarvis, Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director: “We brought Maverick into the Manufacturing facility team in 2017, brilliant he’s a particular skill. He is extremely motivated and dedicates himself to being physically solid and is continuously ready to offer his most and extract the safe from his YZR-M1. In his first three seasons with us, he has given Yamaha 6 wins, 19 podiums, and 100% of his dedication. Now, as the YZR-M1 is making improvements to dart by dart, we foresee an awfully shimmering future for him at Yamaha. Maverick‘s decision to signal with the Yamaha Manufacturing facility Racing MotoGP Group of workers for 2 additional years so early shows the energy of our mutual appreciation and underlines the shared conviction that collectively we are in a position to insist for the MotoGP World Championship Title.”

Maverick Viñales: “I‘m extraordinarily happy because I possess treasure I salvage to protect ’my have team‘. This may perhaps moreover just be the 2d year with my current crew, and after this I in truth have two extra years to remain up for. I‘m so mad! I focus on that if we protect working undoubtedly hard we are heading the factual skill. For me, it used to be essential to develop this announcement sooner than the season began, because I‘m extremely motivated and desire so that you can completely pay attention on the 2020 season. I don‘t desire to expend too great time smitten by the future. There had been no causes no longer to pause with Yamaha, because they feel treasure family. Yamaha is giving me alternative back and, as I acknowledged, I in truth have ’my have team‘, which is one thing I undoubtedly settle on. We now have got to protect working and be very solid. Our critical goal is, as continuously, to be World Champion and strive to raise Yamaha the #1 honour all but again. I will strive my perfect. For determined, I will give everything I in truth have to develop our team proud too. I would treasure to divulge ’Thanks‘ to Yamaha for their faith in me. They are giving me alternative self belief, and I undoubtedly have trust in our partnership. I focus on we are going to be in a position to every be rising very like a flash and we are going to be in a position to protect pushing.”