Rossi: Viñales could ‘become like Kevin Schwantz’

As his plans for the 2017 season continues to hang in the balance, not many men have faced the options currently presented to Maverick Viñales, in the form of a choice between a known winner and a machine with the potential to make your own.

But one of the few who do is Valentino Rossi, who has made the switch not once but twice, firstly with great success to Yamaha and then with disastrous consequences to Ducati.

And with that in mind, MCN asked him a simple question: what would you do in Viñales shoes?

“For me, and I speak without knowing the contracts and the money, it’s an interesting decision. In the Suzuki there is something more romantic. He can remain on Suzuki on a bike with a good potential, and try and become like Kevin Schwantz. Yamaha is for sure a great bike, and that is another type of challenge. But it’s his choice what he wants to do!”

However, despite the current speculation about his future, it is believed that Viñales will in fact remain with Suzuki for the 2017 season.

Believed to have an option in his contract related to performance, it could well be that his podium success in Le Mans could have tipped the scales in favour of the Hamamatsu manufacturer.

For the full story, see today Wednesday 11^th May’s Motorcycle News.