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‘Top Gun’ is back: Maverick Viñales (KTM) makes his comeback in Japan

Following his shoulder injury, MotoGP star Maverick Viñales will compete in another Grand Prix at Motegi. The KTM rider’s last race weekend was at the Sachsenring in early July.

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This article is an automatically generated English version. The Original Article was published in German.

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At Monday’s MotoGP test in Spielberg, Maverick Viñales got back on his KTM RC16 for the first time in a long while to assess his fitness. It is now confirmed that the Spaniard will make his comeback this weekend in Japan.

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