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Maverick Viñales
Viñales in 2019
NationalitySpanish
Born (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 29)
Figueres, Spain
Current teamAprilia Racing
Bike number12
Websitehttps://www.mvk12.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2015–
ManufacturersSuzuki (2015–2016)
Yamaha (2017–2021)
Aprilia (2021–)
Championships0
2023 championship position7th (204 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
179 10 35 15 12 1686
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2014
ManufacturersKalex
Championships0
2014 championship position3rd (274 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
18 4 9 1 5 274
Moto3 World Championship
Active years2012–2013
ManufacturersFTR Honda (2012)
KTM (2013)
Championships1 (2013)
2013 championship position1st (323 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
32 8 22 7 4 530
125cc World Championship
Active years2011
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2011 championship position3rd (248 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
17 4 9 3 3 248
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Viñales and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz.

Maverick Viñales Ruiz[1] (Spanish pronunciation: [biˈɲales ˈrwiθ]; born 12 January 1995) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Viñales is the 2013 Moto3 World Champion, currently riding in MotoGP for the Aprilia Racing team.[2] After five seasons as a MotoGP factory rider with the Yamaha Factory Racing team, his contract was terminated by mutual consent midway through the 2021 season.[3]

Career

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Early career

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Born in Figueres, Alt Empordà, Viñales began competitive racing at the age of three in minimotos before moving onto motocross and eventually to circuit racing in 2002, competing in the Catalan 50cc Championship, before several successful seasons in 70cc "metrakit" bikes.[4] In 2007, he became champion of the Catalan 125cc Championship, and repeated the feat in 2008, as well as winning the Mediterranean Trophy. Also in 2008, he competed at selected events in the German IDM 125GP Championship for RZT Racing aboard an Aprilia RS 125 R, achieving a best result of seventh. He moved up to the CEV Buckler 125GP series in 2009, with the Blusens-BQR team, partnering Miguel Oliveira in the team. Viñales finished the season as Rookie of the Year as he finished as the runner-up to Alberto Moncayo in the championship standings, by just four points. Viñales claimed four successive podiums during the season, including a victory at Jerez.[5] In 2010, Viñales and Oliveira joined different teams from Blusens and battled it out for the championship title and despite winning only two races – both at Albacete – compared to Oliveira's four wins and two second places, Viñales took the title by just two points after finishing each of the season's seven races on the podium as Oliveira crashed out of one race at Albacete.[1] The single race for the 2010 European Championship title was also taking place at Viñales's winning circuit Albacete where he narrowly took his third victory of the year at the same venue.[6]

125cc World Championship

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Blusens-BQR Team (2011)

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Viñales at the 2011 Aragon Grand Prix

Viñales moved to the 125cc World Championship ahead of the 2011 season, partnering category veteran Sergio Gadea, who returned to the 125cc class after a season in Moto2, at the SuperMartxé VIP team after the Blusens-BQR team joined forces with American socialite Paris Hilton.[7] He impressed during pre-season testing at Valencia,[8] and finished ninth on his Grand Prix début in Qatar. After retiring at Jerez due to brake failure, Viñales finished fourth at Estoril, narrowly missing out on a podium to Johann Zarco in a photo-finish with the margin between the pair being 0.002 seconds.[9] Two weeks later at Le Mans, Viñales took his first front-row grid start with third place, and after a race-long battle with championship leader Nicolás Terol, Terol made a mistake at the penultimate corner and Viñales cut inside him and took the victory by 0.048 seconds.[10][11] His victory, at the age of 16 years, 123 days, made him the third-youngest rider to win a Grand Prix race behind Scott Redding and Marco Melandri.[12] Three further victories during the season enabled Viñales to finish his rookie season in third place in the championship rankings and he won the Rookie of the Year award.

Moto3 World Championship

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Blusens Avintia (2012)

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Viñales at the 2012 Australian Grand Prix

Viñales went into the 2012 season as title favourite in the newly formed Moto3 championship. He won five races early on in the season, but a lack of consistency with several crashes meant that he was not able to keep up with Sandro Cortese. Going into Malaysia still with a slim chance of winning the title, he shocked fans and media when he angrily left his team and flew back home, withdrawing from the race. Cortese won the race and the title with Luis Salom moving into second place. Viñales later stated that he had not been informed of offers from other Moto3 teams, that the team refused to move him up into Moto2 and instead made him sign an extension to his contract into 2014 and that he was unable to win with them as it was a "second division team".[13] Viñales eventually apologized[14] and returned to the team for the final two races of the season, securing third in the standings, but losing the runner-up spot to Salom.

Team Calvo (2013)

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He moved to Team Calvo for 2013, riding alongside Ana Carrasco. Sorting out his new contract after his walkout in Malaysia supposedly was a very delicate affair which included a high release fee having to be paid to his former team and interest also being expressed by the Marc VDS Moto3 team.[15] He won his first two races with Team Calvo back-to-back at round three and four, the Spanish and French Grand Prix. In later races he had several opportunities to win as he was leading the last laps at San Marino, Aragon and Philip Island, but on all occasions he was eventually overtaken by fellow Spanish rider Álex Rins. He was starting to fade from the title fight with two races to go and only a slim chance left to win, but at Motegi both championship front runners Luis Salom and Alex Rins didn't score any points as both crashed out of the race, Salom being taken out by Viñales' cousin Isaac Viñales. Viñales finished second behind rookie Álex Márquez, putting him back into the title fight. The three riders went into the final round with a gap of just five points between them. As Salom crashed out and rejoined to finish 14th, Rins and Viñales continued battling until the last corner. In the end, Viñales narrowly took the victory and Moto3 World Championship with Rins finishing runner-up.

Moto2 World Championship

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Pons Racing (2014)

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2014
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Viñales signed a two-year contract with Pons Racing, due to expire at the end of 2015. He joined former title rival Luis Salom in the team.[16] He took his first intermediate class victory at the Circuit of the Americas on 13 April 2014.[17] He ultimately finished the season in third place in the riders' championship with four wins and nine podiums. He also won the Rookie of the Year award.[18]

MotoGP World Championship

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Team Suzuki Ecstar (2015–2016)

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Viñales at the 2015 Catalan Grand Prix

In September 2014, it was announced that Viñales would move up to the MotoGP class for the 2015 season, riding for the factory Suzuki team on their return to the class. He partnered Aleix Espargaró at the team.[19] Viñales became the first rider to move up to MotoGP after just one lone season in Moto2, even all-time greats like Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez spent two years in the intermediate category.

2015
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Viñales had a decent debut season with the factory Suzuki team. As it was the comeback year for the Japanese manufacturer, they received various concessions for development, and the bike underwent several changes during the season. Viñales finished 16 out of 18 races, scoring six Top-10 results along the way, once again showing consistency as his strength. He ended the season in 12th place, winning the Rookie of the Year award.[20]

2016
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The 2016 season saw an improved bike and almost immediate success for Viñales and the factory Suzuki team. Viñales took his first MotoGP podium with third place in France. and his first ever MotoGP win at the British Grand Prix and Suzuki's first win since Chris Vermeulen's win in France in 2007, moving him to 4th place in the championship.

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP (2017–2021)

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After Jorge Lorenzo announced his move to the Ducati team, Viñales was signed to replace him at the factory Yamaha team in 2017 and 2018.[21]

2017
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His 2017 MotoGP campaign started with victory in Qatar making him the first rider to win on debut for Yamaha since Valentino Rossi in 2004 and the first rider to win on a debut for any team since Casey Stoner in 2011. His strong start to the season continued with victory in Argentina, leading to many tipping Viñales as a championship contender. In the following race in the USA, there was disappointment when Viñales was forced to retire, crashing after only 2 laps from fourth place. Viñales followed this up with a sixth-place finish in Jerez and a hard-fought victory over Rossi at Le Mans. However, this was to be his last victory of the season. Viñales went on to take third in the rider's championship, finishing the season on 230 points, 22 points ahead of this teammate.

2018
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At the Yamaha official season launch in January 2018, Viñales announced that he had signed a two-year contract extension, guaranteeing his factory seat through the 2020 season.[22] The 2018 season was difficult for Viñales and a struggling Yamaha team. Despite a number of early season podiums for Viñales and his teammate Rossi, Yamaha set a new record winless streak of 25 races before Viñales scored a win at Phillip Island.[23] Viñales finished the season with 193 points in fourth place of the rider's championship, 5 points behind his teammate.

2019
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In November 2018, as the provisional 2019 entry list was published, Viñales confirmed he would be switching from his traditional race number 25 to the number 12 previously used by Troy Bayliss.[24] Viñales claimed the change was because he "felt that [he] needed to do something different" and had previously used the number 12 in motocross as a youth, since his birthday is 12 January.[25] Viñales won the Dutch TT and Malaysia, and took third in the rider's championship, finishing the season on 211 points.

2020
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The 2020 season was shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Viñales started strongly in the Spanish opening double-header, with two second-place finishes. At the fifth round in Styria, Viñales suffered a brake malfunction on the 17th lap, forcing him to leap from the bike at high speed at the end of the start-finish straight, leading to a fiery crash and a red flag of the race.[26] He struggled in later races, scoring one win in Emilia Romagna but only managing one other top five finish in Aragon, before ending the season sixth overall in the championship standings.

2021
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After struggling for consistency during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Viñales started 2021 with a dominating win in Qatar. Results in the following races were disappointing – while teammate Fabio Quartararo performed strongly to become a title favourite – culminating in the German Grand Prix where Viñales recorded his worst MotoGP weekend, qualifying 21st on the grid and finishing last of all classified riders.[27] His fortunes looked to be improving at the subsequent Dutch TT, where he qualified on pole, but ultimately finished second behind teammate Quartararo to score just his second podium finish of the season. The following day on June 28, 2021, Viñales made the shock announcement that he had terminated his contract with Yamaha and would leave the factory team after the 2021 season prematurely and not see out the full term until the end of 2022.[28][29]

Prior to the Austrian Grand Prix, Yamaha withdrew Viñales' entry citing telemetry data indicating "unexplained irregular operation of the motorcycle" during the Styrian Grand Prix. These irregularities led to his suspension by the team, as it was thought his actions could potentially have damaged the engine, putting himself and other riders at serious risk.[30][31]

Aprilia Racing (2021–2024)

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In August 2021, it was announced that Viñales would join the factory Aprilia racing team from 2022, initially on a one-year contract, joining existing rider Aleix Espargaró.[32] On 20 August 2021, Yamaha and Viñales ended their contract with immediate effect,[33][34] opening the door for Viñales to make an early debut with Aprilia at the Aragon Grand Prix on 12 September.[35] Viñales took the place of regular team rider Lorenzo Savadori, who was injured in August and will continue to act as the team's test rider.[36][37] Viñales finished the season 10th in the rider's standings, with 106 points.

Viñales' first podium with Aprilia came at the Dutch TT. Then, he finished second in the British Grand Prix. He finished third for his third podium in four races at the San Marino Grand Prix.

On 26 May 2022, Viñales signed a contract extension with the team for 2023 and 2024, still teaming up with Aleix Espargaró.[38]

In the opening round of the 2023 season, Viñales scored his and Aprilia's first podium of the season at the Portuguese Grand Prix. His next podium was in Barcelona, where he finished behind teammate Aleix Espargaró in the first ever 1-2 finish for the factory Aprilia team in MotoGP. In the last race of the season, Viñales scored his first Aprilia pole position. He ended the season in 7th, only 2 points adrift of his teammate.

In the 2024 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, Viñales scored, after already winning the sprint race, his 10th win in his MotoGP career, making him the first MotoGP rider ever to win on three different manufacturers in the MotoGP era, with race wins on Suzuki, Yamaha and Aprilia.[39]

Red Bull KTM Tech 3 (2025–)

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On 13 June 2024, it was announced that Viñales signed for the Red Bull KTM Tech3 as an official factory rider, alongside former Ducati rider Enea Bastianini.[40]

Career statistics

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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By season

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Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd WCh
2011 125cc Aprilia RSA 125 Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing 17 4 9 3 3 248 3rd –
2012 Moto3 FTR M312 Blusens Avintia 15 5 7 5 1 207 3rd –
2013 Moto3 KTM RC250GP Team Calvo 17 3 15 2 3 323 1st 1
2014 Moto2 Kalex Moto2 Paginas Amarillas HP 40 18 4 9 1 5 274 3rd –
2015 MotoGP Suzuki GSX-RR Team Suzuki Ecstar 18 0 0 0 0 97 12th –
2016 MotoGP Suzuki GSX-RR Team Suzuki Ecstar 18 1 4 0 2 202 4th –
2017 MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 18 3 7 5 4 230 3rd –
2018 MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 18 1 5 1 2 193 4th –
2019 MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 19 2 7 3 1 211 3rd –
2020 MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 14 1 3 3 0 132 6th –
2021 MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 10 1 2 1 1 95 10th –
Aprilia RS-GP Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 5 0 0 0 0 11
2022 MotoGP Aprilia RS-GP Aprilia Racing 20 0 3 0 0 122 11th –
2023 MotoGP Aprilia RS-GP Aprilia Racing 20 0 3 1 1 204 7th –
2024 MotoGP Aprilia RS-GP Aprilia Racing 19 1 1 1 1 189* 7th* –
Total 246 26 75 26 24 2738 1

By class

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Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125cc 2011 2011 Qatar 2011 France 2011 France 17 4 9 3 3 248 0
Moto3 2012–2013 2012 Qatar 2012 Qatar 2012 Qatar 32 8 22 7 4 530 1
Moto2 2014 2014 Qatar 2014 Americas 2014 Americas 18 4 9 1 5 274 0
MotoGP 2015–present 2015 Qatar 2016 France 2016 Great Britain 179 10 35 15 12 1686 0
Total 2011–present 262 26 75 26 24 2738 1

Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Pts
2011 125cc Aprilia QAT
9 		SPA
Ret 		POR
4 		FRA
1 		CAT
2 		GBR
Ret 		NED
1 		ITA
3 		GER
3 		CZE
6 		INP
2 		RSM
7 		ARA
3 		JPN
4 		AUS
8 		MAL
1 		VAL
1 		3rd 248
2012 Moto3 FTR Honda QAT
1 		SPA
6 		POR
2 		FRA
Ret 		CAT
1 		GBR
1 		NED
1 		GER
17 		ITA
1 		INP
Ret 		CZE
4 		RSM
5 		ARA
DNS 		JPN
2 		MAL
WD 		AUS
Ret 		VAL
8 		3rd 207
2013 Moto3 KTM QAT
2 		AME
2 		SPA
1 		FRA
1 		ITA
3 		CAT
3 		NED
2 		GER
3 		INP
3 		CZE
2 		GBR
4 		RSM
2 		ARA
2 		MAL
5 		AUS
2 		JPN
2 		VAL
1 		1st 323
2014 Moto2 Kalex QAT
4 		AME
1 		ARG
Ret 		SPA
5 		FRA
4 		ITA
9 		CAT
2 		NED
2 		GER
5 		INP
2 		CZE
6 		GBR
3 		RSM
4 		ARA
1 		JPN
2 		AUS
1 		MAL
1 		VAL
Ret 		3rd 274
2015 MotoGP Suzuki QAT
14 		AME
9 		ARG
10 		SPA
11 		FRA
9 		ITA
7 		CAT
6 		NED
10 		GER
11 		INP
11 		CZE
Ret 		GBR
11 		RSM
14 		ARA
11 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
6 		MAL
8 		VAL
11 		12th 97
2016 MotoGP Suzuki QAT
6 		ARG
Ret 		AME
4 		SPA
6 		FRA
3 		ITA
6 		CAT
4 		NED
9 		GER
12 		AUT
6 		CZE
9 		GBR
1 		RSM
5 		ARA
4 		JPN
3 		AUS
3 		MAL
6 		VAL
5 		4th 202
2017 MotoGP Yamaha QAT
1 		ARG
1 		AME
Ret 		SPA
6 		FRA
1 		ITA
2 		CAT
10 		NED
Ret 		GER
4 		CZE
3 		AUT
6 		GBR
2 		RSM
4 		ARA
4 		JPN
9 		AUS
3 		MAL
9 		VAL
12 		3rd 230
2018 MotoGP Yamaha QAT
6 		ARG
5 		AME
2 		SPA
7 		FRA
7 		ITA
8 		CAT
6 		NED
3 		GER
3 		CZE
Ret 		AUT
12 		GBR
C 		RSM
5 		ARA
10 		THA
3 		JPN
7 		AUS
1 		MAL
4 		VAL
Ret 		4th 193
2019 MotoGP Yamaha QAT
7 		ARG
Ret 		AME
11 		SPA
3 		FRA
Ret 		ITA
6 		CAT
Ret 		NED
1 		GER
2 		CZE
10 		AUT
5 		GBR
3 		RSM
3 		ARA
4 		THA
3 		JPN
4 		AUS
Ret 		MAL
1 		VAL
6 		3rd 211
2020 MotoGP Yamaha SPA
2 		ANC
2 		CZE
14 		AUT
10 		STY
Ret 		RSM
6 		EMI
1 		CAT
9 		FRA
10 		ARA
4 		TER
7 		EUR
13 		VAL
10 		POR
11 		6th 132
2021 MotoGP Yamaha QAT
1 		DOH
5 		POR
11 		SPA
7 		FRA
10 		ITA
8 		CAT
5 		GER
19 		NED
2 		STY
NC 		AUT GBR 10th 106
Aprilia ARA
18 		RSM
13 		AME EMI
8 		ALR
16 		VAL
16
2022 MotoGP Aprilia QAT
12 		INA
16 		ARG
7 		AME
10 		POR
10 		SPA
14 		FRA
10 		ITA
12 		CAT
7 		GER
Ret 		NED
3 		GBR
2 		AUT
13 		RSM
3 		ARA
13 		JPN
7 		THA
7 		AUS
17 		MAL
16 		VAL
Ret 		11th 122
2023 MotoGP Aprilia POR
25 		ARG
127 		AME
4 		SPA
Ret7 		FRA
Ret9 		ITA
12 		GER
Ret 		NED
Ret7 		GBR
53 		AUT
68 		CAT
23 		RSM
56 		IND
88 		JPN
199 		INA
24 		AUS
11 		THA
Ret 		MAL
11 		QAT
46 		VAL
104 		7th 204
2024 MotoGP Aprilia QAT
109 		POR
Ret1 		AME
11 		SPA
9 		FRA
53 		CAT
128 		ITA
85 		NED
53 		GER
127 		GBR
138 		AUT
7 		ARA
Ret 		RSM
16 		EMI
6 		INA
67 		JPN
Ret9 		AUS
8 		THA
7 		MAL
7 		BAR 7th* 189*

* Season still in progress.

Personal life

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Viñales has a cousin, Isaac Viñales, who has competed in the 125cc, Moto3 and Moto2 World Championships. As of 2023, Isaac Viñales races in WSBK World Superbike for Kawasaki.[41]

He was named Maverick at birth because his father was a fan of Top Gun.[42]

Viñales had another cousin, Dean Berta Viñales, who died aged 15 on 25 September 2021 in a Supersport 300 race at Jerez after being involved in a collision.[43]

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