The Italian Fabrizio Maganzi, who has also worked with Formula 1 drivers such as Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado as well as Fernando Alonso, will be responsible for the physical condition of Maverick Viñaleswho is one of the fittest riders on the MotoGP grid.
Maganzi, who joined Alonso during the two seasons in which the Spaniard became world champion with Renault, in 2005 and 2006, has already worked with Vinales in these first days of collective tests of 2022, in Malaysia.
“Yes, we decided with his agent to form a working group to get the best out of Maverick. Fabrizio lived through Fernando’s winning era at Renault. He has a lot of experience as a coach,” Massimo told Motorsport.com. Rivola, Aprilia manager for MotoGP, in a chat in the Sepang paddock.
Rivola joined Aprilia in 2019 after a decade at Ferrari, where he had created a friendship with Alonso that is still very strong today. Over the past two years he has also recruited several F1 technicians at the Noale company.
From his position as CEO of the racing division of the Noale brand, the engineer wanted to ensure that Viñales focuses solely and exclusively on driving as fast as he can, without being distracted by anything or anyone.
To this end he also recruited a sports psychologist. “Maverick was very brave. With the arrival of these two pieces, he wants to try to avoid the repetition of the things that conditioned him in the past. I come from a world (F1) where these practices are very common,” added Rivola .
“We want to put Maverick in the best frame of mind possible, so that he is only focused on driving. We don’t want him to have distractions of any kind,” continued the executive, one of the main driving forces behind hiring the Catalan after the his break with Yamaha in the middle of last season.
“Now, in the test, it’s easy not to lose focus. But then the races will come, the paddock will open. We have to try to keep him in the right concentration. He’s the first to want it,” concluded the Italian.
Maverick Vinales, Aprilia Racing Team
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