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Maverick Vinales has announced that he will be working with five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo across the 2026 MotoGP season.
Maverick Vinales has announced that he will be working with five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo across the 2026 MotoGP season, introducing Lorenzo as a performance coach.
The agreement between Vinales and Lorenzo was officially confirmed after rumors circulated during the final round of the 2025 MotoGP campaign at Valencia.
Vinales, considered one of MotoGP’s biggest talents, aims to live up to his potential with Lorenzo’s guidance in key areas.
The collaboration’s primary goal is to prepare Vinales to compete for the MotoGP World Championship title.
Lorenzo will focus on physical and athletic preparation, strategic coaching, and technical-sport development in his role alongside Vinales.
This marks Lorenzo’s return to MotoGP after retiring from full-time racing in 2019 and a brief stint as a Yamaha test rider.
Both Vinales and Lorenzo express optimism about the partnership, emphasizing the mutual learning, improvement, and shared goal of achieving success in the MotoGP arena.
