It's no secre𒁏t that there have been tensions between Vinales and his Movis🤡tar Yamaha crew, with Vinales hinting that changes will be made.
Valentino Rossi is considering a change of MotoGP crew chief for 2019 anꦿd top of his list is none other than Ramon Forcada, who currently works with the Italian's team-mate Maverick Vina💃les.
That's , which states 🐲that Vinales does not want t𝓀o work with Forcada next season.
It's no secret that there have been tensions between Vinales and his Movistar Yamaha crew, ♌with Vinales hinting that changes will be made🥃.
Forcada has been a crew chief at the🍎 factory Yamaha team since Jorge Lorenzo's arrival in 2008, joining forces with Vinales when triple MotoGP champion Lorenz🍌o switched to Ducati at the start of 2017.
Vinales and Forcada won ♑three of their first five races together, but hꦿaven't taken a victory since. Meanwhile Yamaha has been winless since Rossi's triumph at Assen last year.
Jerry Burgess was Rossi's crew chief from his 2000 premier-class debut un🥃til replacing the Australian with Silvano Galbusera (whom he had briefly worked with when evaluating hi🤪s return from a broken leg in 2010) at the end of 2013.
According to Marca, Forcada's other options fo🎐r next season are to join the to-be-announced Petronas satellite Yamaha team, which is also the rumoured destination for Wilco Zeelenberg.
The Dutchman, rider coach for Lorenzo and then Vinales, is tipped to b꧑e team manager of the new project, which is targetting Dani Pedrosa and Franco Morbidelli as its riders.