FILE PHOTO: MotoGP - TT Assen - TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands - June 27, 2021 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Maverick Vinales in action during the race REUTERS/Yves Herman
(Reuters) - Spanish MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales and Yamaha have parted ways with immediate effect, the team said on Friday, less than a week after he was withdrawn from the Austrian GP for allegedly trying to destroy his bike's engine at the previous race.
The nine-times MotoGP race winner had fallen out with Yamaha and had been due to leave at the end of the season after terminating his contract a year early.
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