Last week🌃end’s Dutch MotoGP revealed shocking news of Maverick Vinales deciding to leave Yamaha after this season - therefore terminating his current deal a year early.

In what’s been another up-and-down year for the two parti🌠es together, Vinales and the Japanese manufacturer agreed to end what’s been a successful, but overall inconsi൲stent five-year stint. 

When speaking to the media throughout last weekend’s Dutch TT, Vinales seemed lost as to why the same issues have been plaguing him for over three seasons. However, according to his dad Ang൩el Vinales, the crook of it is that the Yamaha’s ‘soft like butter’ nature has never suited his son.

Vinales Sr. added: "Maverick is not leaving Yamaha because the bike is bad, so that's clear, but because Yamaha didn't give h💜im the bike he needed, and failed to adapt to the motorcycle that Yamaha has."&n🌼bsp;. 

"This bike suits Lorenzo's or Quartararo's riding style. It's soft like butter. Maverick needs a stiffer motorcycle. Why? Because Maverick i♊s like Marc [Marquez]. They attack hard in order to exploit the potential."

Looking at Vinales’ options f﷽or 2022, a reunion of some sorts with Valentino Rossi has been touted as part of 🅠the new Aramco VR46 Ducati team, while another strong possibility seems to be at Aprilia.

If Aprilia do indeed sign Vina🐟les, it will be a major coup for the team considering several Moto2 rookies declined the 2021 seat last year. Vinales could also tick the box of current Aprilia ridไer Aleix Espargaro is hoping for a really fast and strong team-mate in 2022. 

Finally in this week’s column, Spanish news outlet Marca is reporting that Moto3 su🔯perstar Pedro Acosta is on the verge of signing a two-year Moto2 deal with the Red Bull KTM Ajo team. 

Acosta produced an incredible performance in Assen after spending Saturday night inꦅ hospital. The Spaniard was hit by another bike during FP3 and missed qualifying. However, Acosta limited the damage to Sergio Garcia and Dennis Foggia who finished 1-2 with a fourth place. 

said this about the situation: "He [Acosta] will go up to Moto2 in 2022 with Ajo and the idea is to be two years before moving up t⛄o MotoGP, where KTM will have preference. 

"El Tiburon de Mazarrón currently has a contract in which KTM kept an option to retain him for one more season in Moto3. H𒉰owever, the rookie in the small category wanted to get into Moto2 as early as 2022."