In an interview with the Spanish sports daily AS, Maverick's father Ángel Viñales explained the reasons behind this decision: “Maverick is not leaving Yamaha because the bike is bad, so that's clear, but because Yamaha didn't give him the bike he needed, and failed to adapt to the motorcycle that Yamaha has. "
The M1 does not match the driving style of the nine-time MotoGP winner, drove Viñales sen. continued: “This bike suits Lorenzo's or Quartararo's riding style. It's soft like butter. Maverick needs a stiffer motorcycle. Why? Because Maverick is like Marc [Marquez]. They attack hard in order to exploit the potential. " In this respect, however, the Yamaha represents a limit.
Ángels conclusion: "[Yamaha] did not manage to give him what he wanted and he did not manage to ride this bike 100 percent."
That in turn had a negative impact on the mood of the Yamaha factory rider, who married Raquel before the start of the season and became a father for the first time at the end of May: “Maverick leaves because he's not happy that way. At a time when he was very happy with his daughter back home in Spain, he realized that he was no longer happy [at Yamaha]. He came [to the races] and asked himself, 'What problem will I have today?' The media attacked him and said that it was up to him, him, him - and the moment came when he exploded and had enough, ”said Ángel Viñales, who, by the way, is a team in the 300 Supersport World Championship operates.
"Maverick has found stability at home," emphasized his father. “He has matured a lot and when his daughter was born he started to think that it couldn't be that he is so happy in one place and howling in another. That `s not worth it. He already has money, what should he do, live bitterly? No."