{"id":648943,"date":"2026-05-04T11:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648943\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:56:10","slug":"vinales-to-miss-yet-another-motogp-round-tech3-names-stand-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648943\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinales to miss yet another MotoGP round, Tech3 names stand-in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech3 KTM rider Maverick Vinales will be forced to skip yet another round of MotoGP competition, withdrawing from the French Grand Prix at Le Mans.<\/p>\n

Vinales has been out since the Grand Prix of the Americas, as he returned to Europe to undergo surgery to have a displaced screw removed from his injured left shoulder.<\/p>\n

The surgery took place ahead of a prolonged unplanned April break for MotoGP, but Vinales wasn’t fit enough to race at Jerez once the series returned – and now can’t do the Le Mans round either.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been working hard since the surgery to fully recover and have always had Le Mans in my head as my target race to return. However, after attending the APC [Red Bull Athletic Performance Centre] this week, I have been advised that I am not yet strong enough to jump back on the bike,” Vinales said. <\/p>\n

“Whilst I am disappointed, I understand being back to full strength is the most important thing and I will keep my head down and prioritise that.”<\/p>\n

Vinales’ shoulder injury, sustained at the Sachsenring in 2025, has now compromised him for nearly a year.<\/p>\n

It looks to have had disastrous consequences for his 2027 prospects, with Vinales going to clear favourite for a KTM factory promption to a reported rank outsider for the team (with no obvious alternative avenues yet given he’s not ridden fit for a long time).<\/p>\n

\"Jonas<\/p>\n

Tech3 didn’t replace Vinales at Jerez, with first-choice replacement Pol Espargaro also out injured.<\/p>\n

Espargaro won’t be fit in time for Le Mans either, so Jonas Folger – KTM-affiliated for the last few years – will step in for what should be his 20th grand prix start in MotoGP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tech3 KTM rider Maverick Vinales will be forced to skip yet another round of MotoGP competition, withdrawing from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-648943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}