The MotoGP calendar for the next season was released this week. It will feature a record number of 22 Grand Prix events, making it a demanding and intense year in Maverick Viñales’ view.
Asked about his opinion on the calendar for 2024, the Spaniard said: ‘What I think will not change so much. Honestly, the only thing I want to say is that we all need common sense to try to not arrive this tired to the end of the season. Because at the end, if you are tired on the bike, the result from that are mistakes’.
In Viñales’ view, 2024 will be an intense and exhausting year: ‘The next season will be a tough one. We will see how I prepare it with my trainer because maybe I will not be that fit on the initial part of the season, trying to be more fit on the last part. This year I arrived a little bit exhausted, but I’m still ok. We’ll se for the next three [GPs]. Yes, it will be much thougher, of course. Because it’s more races’.
And how many races are the limit for a season? The Aprilia rider commented: ‘I don’t know. It’s quite complicated, because our championship lasts ten months. Normally when you see other championships just last maximum three months or four months. It’s pretty intense, I need to say. But this is our job, we are paid for that, so we must try to interpret the calendar and try to be fit for all the season’.