Maverick Viñales rejoins Blusens Avintia in Australia following humbling apology
Blusens Avintia Racing Team have officially confirmed that Maverick Viñales will take part in the G.P. of Australia which will take place this weekend on Phillip Island. Viñales – who has talked to the EFE agency and apologised to the team and sponsors – will now definitely participate in the penultimate round of the season.
Prior to his presence on the circuit Maverick will hold a press conference during which he will answer the questions from the media, and will personally make public the apologies he has up to now released through agencies.
Maverick Viñales already released the following complete and frank apology for his actions at Sepang, indicating he wants to put the situation right and that he understands the potentially huge career impacts of what he has done…
“Firstly I would like to publicly give my sincere apologies to those that were harmed or affected by my behaviour in Sepang. I’m here to come forward, ask for forgiveness and take responsibility for my mistakes. I have returned to continue fighting with my Blusens Avintia team for the runner-up spot in the championship. There are many people who deserve it. Sponsors, technicians and the fans.”
“My hasty departure from the Malaysian GP was certainly not good. But with the tension generated by my position in the team, I fell into a state of anger and frustration that was certainly not an ideal state of mind to ride a bike in – especially ride it at the limit.”
“I made a mistake, because although I was not mentally prepared to ride the bike, I should not have left the Sepang circuit, or make such statements. And so, I apologize for the harm that has been accidentally caused, to all the fans, to the members of my Blusens Avintia team, to FTR, Honda, the championship promoters, and especially the sponsors of team (Blusens, Avintia, Repsol, Pacha and other partner companies) and personal sponsors (Alpinestars, Airoh, Wild Wolf, J. Costa etc.) that have both supported us, and without which I would not have achieved the successes to date.”
“I return with the aim to finish the season and regain second place in the overall standings, and for that, I will focus solely on sporting issues and work with my technicians to find the best set-up of the bike.”
“Finally, I want to express my strong desire to amicably resolve all the problems with the team, and to be able to concentrate on riding, which is what I really like.”
Hopefully Maverick and the team can get things back on course and pointed in the right direction, and hopefully this big and embarrassing incident won’t impact too much on such a promising career for the young and gifted rider.
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