US EditionMaverick Vinales signs Jorge Lorenzo as performance coach for 2026 MotoGP season
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Maverick Vinales (KTM) gets prominent support on board. The five-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo as coach will make decisive progress. The goal is to win the MotoGP World Championship title.
Maverick Vinales announces partnership with former MotoGP Champion Jorge Lorenzo
Maverick Vinales has announced that he will be working with five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo across the 2026 MotoGP season. Vinales has introduced Lorenzo as part of his team ahead of 2026, with the former World Champion joining in the role of a performance coach. The agreement was rumoured during the final round of the 2025 MotoGP campaign at Valencia; however, it has now been officially confirmed after an agreement was reached between …
It was an open secret and only an official confirmation was missing. Jorge Lorenzo returns to the tracks, but it has nothing to do with his facet as a MotoGP racing driver, who already left in 2019. Nor with that of DAZN commentator. The Mallorcan driver will join forces with Maverick Viñales, who replaced him in Yamaha in 2017, and will help him as a 'coach' and track assistant.The news has become official after several weeks of rumors that int…
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