Maverick Viñales - Movistar
Yamaha MotoGP - Rider MotoGP
Racing Number 25
Rider Profile
Date of birth: 12-01-1995
Place of birth: Figueres, Spain
Nationality: Spain
Height: 171 cm
Weight (kg) 64 kg
Hobbies: Motocross, running, fishing
Total races: 103 (36 x MotoGP, 18 x 250cc, 49 x 125cc)
Victories: 17 (1 x MotoGP, 4 x Moto2, 12 x Moto3/125cc)
Pole positions: 11 (1 x Moto2, 10 x Moto3/125cc)
Podiums: 44 (4 x MotoGP, 9 x Moto2, 31 x Moto3/125cc)
Wins: 17 (1 x MotoGP, 4 x Moto2, 12 x Moto3/125cc)
First Grand Prix: Qatar,
2011 (125cc)
First pole: 2011
Racing Career Information
2016: 4th, MotoGP World
Championship
2015: 12th, MotoGP World
Championship
2014: 3rd, Moto2 World
Championship
2013: Champion, Moto3 World
Championship
2012: 3rd, Moto3 World
Championship
2011: 3rd, 125cc World
Championship
2010: Champion, Spanish CEV
125cc
2009: 2nd, Spanish CEV 125cc
Championship
Maverick Viñales is a bright young star who has shone since the moment
he stepped into the world of motorsports. Born in Figueres, Spain in 1995,
Maverick started racing minimoto at the tender age of just three. By the time
he was seven he was competing in the Catalan 50cc Championship and not long
after he found himself battling through several successful seasons on 70cc
“MetraKit” Bikes. In 2007 and 2008 he managed back to back championship wins in
the Catalan 125cc Championship.
In 2011, Viñales moved onto the world stage and began competing in the
125cc World Championship, riding for Aprilia and partnering class veteran,
Sergio Gadea. In the 2011 season he managed a nail biting win at Le Mans which saw
him become the third youngest rider ever to win a Grand Prix at the age of just
16 years and 123 days. With solid results from the rest of the season, Viñales
finished third and won his first Rookie of the Year Award.
2012 was a tumultuous year for the young rider and while he started his
maiden season in the Moto3 World Championship with five GP wins, a series of
crashes and a lack of consistency saw him drop from the top spot. Going into
the Malaysian Grand Prix Viñales still had a chance of getting points on the
board and regaining first place, but Maverick shocked the world of motorsports
by leaving the race under a storm, withdrawing and flying home. Viñales
eventually apologised for his actions and returned to the Championship for the
final two races; finishing the season in third.
By 2013, Maverick was really hitting his stride and he went into his
second season of Moto3 with the wind in his sails, riding alongside Ana
Carrassco for Team Calvo. He won back to back victories at the Spanish and French
Grand Prix early in the season before struggling to reach the top spot again
for a long stretch, despite putting up impressive performances. The Spaniard
entered the final race of the season with just five points between the top
three riders and, after a long battle with title rival Luis Salom, emerged
victorious, winning his first World Championship.
Viñales only spent one season in Moto2 in 2014 and joined his title
rival from Moto3 Luis Salom at Pons Racing. He managed four victories and nine
podiums and was awarded his second Rookie of the Year award. Despite being
signed up for two years with Pons Racing, it was announced in 2014 that he
would be moving up to the MotoGP in 2015 to begin his career at the highest
level of motorcycle racing, riding for Suzuki.
Viñales managed to produce consistent results and once again picked up
the Rookie of the Year Award for his third category in a row. In 2016, he moved
dramatically up the rankings, finishing 4th up from 12th in the previous
season.
Maverick Viñales signed a two-year contract with the Yamaha MotoGP
Factory Team for the 2017 and 2018 seasons and began his tenure as a Yamaha
Factory rider with aplomb. At the Qatar Grand Prix, the first race of the 2017,
Viñales thrilled the crowds by storming his way to victory, making him the
first Yamaha Rider since 2004 to win on debut and the first MotoGP rider
overall to win on debut since 2011. Not only did he debut with a triumph, but
the following week in he made it back to back GP Wins with an astonishing performance
in Argentina.
An exciting rider from the very first to the very last, Maverick
Viñales hasn’t even finished his first season with Yamaha and he’s already
smashing expectations and putting up the numbers. With the second half of the
season still to come it’s all up for grabs and Viñales will re-enter the
championship just five points off the number one spot and hungry for victory.
MotoGP 2017 Result of Maverick
Viñales - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP total 230 points
Round
|
Round name
|
Points
|
Total
|
Overall position
|
1
|
2017 MotoGP Qatar - Losail Circuit
|
25
|
25
|
1
|
2
|
2017 MotoGP Argentina - Termas de
Rio Hondo
|
25
|
50
|
1
|
3
|
2017 GP of the USA - Circuit of
the USA
|
0
|
50
|
2
|
4
|
2017 MotoGP Spain - Jerez
|
10
|
60
|
2
|
5
|
2017 MotoGP France - Le Mans
|
25
|
85
|
1
|
6
|
2017 MotoGP Italy - Mugello
|
20
|
105
|
1
|
7
|
2017 MotoGP Spain - Circuit de
Catalunya
|
6
|
111
|
1
|
8
|
2017 MotoGP Netherlands - Assen
|
0
|
111
|
2
|
9
|
2017 MotoGP Germany - Sachsenring
|
13
|
124
|
2
|
10
|
2017 MotoGP Czech Republic - Brno
|
16
|
140
|
2
|
11
|
2017 MotoGP of Austria - Red Bull
Ring / Spielberg
|
10
|
150
|
3
|
12
|
2017 MotoGP Great Britain -
Silverstone
|
20
|
170
|
3
|
13
|
2017 MotoGP San Marino - Misano
|
13
|
183
|
3
|
14
|
2017 MotoGP Spain - Aragon
|
13
|
196
|
3
|
15
|
2017 MotoGP Japan - Motegi
|
7
|
203
|
3
|
16
|
2017 MotoGP Australia - Phillip
Island
|
16
|
219
|
3
|
17
|
2017 MotoGP Malaysia - Sepang
|
7
|
226
|
3
|
18
|
2017 MotoGP Spain - Valencia
|
4
|
230
|
3
|
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