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Brembo sends an e-mail, Maverick Vinales the “basket”

Maverick Vinales and his team did not take into consideration the Brembo email sent before the MotoGP race in Styria. Hence the problem with the brakes.

Maverick Vinales reports another technical problem to his Yamaha M1 and slips 5th in the MotoGP rider standings. Just 8 points collected in the last three races between the Czech Republic and Austria, forced to abandon his bike in flight at over 200 km / h due to brake failure. After just 4 laps the driver from Figueres is forced to slow down, raises his hand several times to report a problem to his colleagues coming from the rear.

Red Bull Ring highly demanding track

Over the weekend almost all Yamaha riders encountered problems with the braking systems. Immediately after the red flag and the return to the pits, the engineer Pellegrini spoke with Valentino Rossi. It must also be considered that the Red Bull Ring falls into the category of highly demanding circuits for the brakes. On a scale of 1 to 5, the difficulty index is 5, equaled only by the Montmelò slope.

But why did the braking system fail only to Maverick Vinales? He would have ignored the advice of MotoGP brake supplier Brembo to fit a new system for the Styrian Grand Prix, after Yamaha riders suffered numerous problems in the Austrian GP. In view of this round Brembo has brought new material to better face this circuit and avoid problems. We remember that during the first Austrian stage Fabio Quartararo also suffered from problems with the brakes.

Brembo’s email

Despite the new material, Valentino Rossi, Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli still had some problems in Styria. Instead Maverick Vinales did not follow the advice of the Italian company and after 17 laps the front brake was permanently out of order at turn 1. “I couldn’t do anything and that’s why I launched myself – explains Yamaha’s Spanish -. It’s something that has never happened to me before“. Before the race Brembo had sent an e-mail to underline that, if a rider did not follow the advice to mount the new material, he would be considered extraneous to any responsibility.

Now Maverick Vinales sees the top of the MotoGP move away, but there is time to recover. “We made three mistakes in a row. We have forgotten the World Cup. You have to be positive because things change fast. We had three chances for Fabio’s problems and it could have been an advantage for us, but that’s the way it is“.



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