Maverick Vinales will miss the Spanish Grand Prix due to another injury problem, much to the dismay of KTM and his team Tec3.
Top Gun pulled out of the race in Jerez to undergo surgery for a dislocated spine in his left shoulder. He suffered an injury at the German GP last year and missed eight races.
Maverick Vinales is out for the Spanish Grand Prix.
And Tech3 only fields one rider, Pol Espargaro injured.
Vinyls In the year He was struggling with his shoulder in 2026, pulling out of the United States GP due to injury. He tried to compete at COTA and this weekend in Jerez, but Tech3 A The vehicle remains sideways again.
The Spaniard’s approach to dealing with the injury crisis has not gone down well with his team. In fact Vinales kept his shoulder injury a secret from KTM And they continued to run, ignoring the doctors’ instructions.
KTM and Tech3 ‘not happy at all’ with Maverick Vinales injury defeat
KTM Chief Pete Beyer says he’s getting impatient with Viñales. On the injury. In the absence of Pol Espargaro, Ine Bastianini will be the only Tech3 bike on the grid. Spanish Grand Prix.
According to journalist Simon Patterson, this has given the team significant track mileage as well as sponsored events. KTM and Tech3 are furious with Vinales’ handling of the situation.
“This ‘I’m fit to ride. Oh, wait, I’m not. Oh, I’m fit to ride. Oh, I’m not’ thing, on or off, could have been resolved at the end of last season if he had done what he was told,” Patterson said. Race MotoGP podcast.
“If the doctors clearly told us to do it and they were ignored, and I know from some internal conversations that KTM and especially Tech 3 are not happy about it.
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“They come from the world, I guess, F1, you always have a replacement, you always have a sub on hand, you never have a situation where you don’t have two cars on the track.
“And they lost, their track time, sponsor presence, etc. seemed to be at a premium, because Maverick had been making last-minute decisions not to ride because he was ineligible.
“What doesn’t help me is, he shouldn’t be driving if he’s unfit, but he wasn’t fit like in August, and he’s still trying and trying and making things worse.
Even this latest situation where he was diagnosed before the weekend in Texas and was still trying to ride a bike and had to ride out half of the weekend. Nobody at KTM can be particularly happy about this because it’s unprofessional.
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How bad are Maverick Vinales’ injuries for the future of MotoGP?
Vinales’ injury problems are not only bad for him now, but also for his long-term future in MotoGP. He had apparently secured a contract with the factory KTM team for 2027, but that has now been thrown into disarray.
Vinales’ contract ‘suspended’ As the Austrian outfit weigh their options for next season. They have signed Alex Marquez for 2027, and now the possibility of Top Gun partnering with him is doubtful.
Despite being able to stay healthy after this setback, he faces an uphill battle to stay on the grid. MotoGP teams are looking for non-Spanish riders For 2027 Liberty Media is trying to bring more nations to the grid.
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