Tech3 KTM rider Maverick Vinales will be absent from the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez after MotoGP’s unplanned April break, continuing an injury spell that looks devastating for his future prospects.The left shoulder injury that Vinales, who turned 31 at the start of the year, sustained mid-season in 2025 was his first significant injury in MotoGP but has lingered dreadfully, writing off close to an entire campaign’s worth of races by this point.He never looked right after returning last year and, despite a relatively promising off-season, has struggled again, leading to the discovery that a screw had come loose in the shoulder and further surgical intervention was required.Said surgery was carried out successfully earlier this month, but Vinales has been deemed not rea …
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Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy
