‘This is the game: you’re an employee’ – Maverick Viales and political correctness – Motorcycle Sports

As well as being a MotoGP rider and being known for his Moto3 title, those in the paddock know that Maverick Viales is a straightforward person who prefers to be sincere but assertive in his interventions. However, riders nowadays have to filter what they say and how they say it, which in Viales' case is a process that does not come 100% naturally to him.

In an interview made by journalist Niki Kovacs for her YouTube channel, Viales stated that it is part of the rules of the game for riders to have this much more careful and thoughtful stance on the words said and how they are uttered. Although the Spaniard is not entirely a fan of this way of being in the paddock, the #12 understands why a more cordial posture is adopted.

'You always have to think about what you say. Sometimes it's hard to say what you think because you have to respect quite a few people, you have to respect a brand, you have to respect a lot of things. And sometimes you can't say things the way you want to. Basically you have to think, be much more cordial than you would like to be, but that's the game. In the end you're an employee, you have an image, and you work for a brand,' replied the rider, when asked if he can become an actor when in contact with the media on MotoGP weekends.

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'This is the game: you're an employee' - Maverick Viales and political correctness - Motorcycle Sports