Blusens-BQR Team (2011)

Viñales moved to the 125cc World Championship ahead of the 2011 season, partnering category veteran Sergio Gadea, who returned to the 125cc class after a season in Moto2, at the SuperMartxé VIP team after the Blusens-BQR team joined forces with American socialite Paris Hilton.^[7] He impressed during pre-season testing at Valencia,^[8] and finished ninth on his Grand Prix début in Qatar. After retiring at Jerez due to brake failure, Viñales finished fourth at Estoril, narrowly missing out on a podium to Johann Zarco in a photo-finish with the margin between the pair being 0.002 seconds.^[9] Two weeks later at Le Mans, Viñales took his first front-row grid start with third place, and after a race-long battle with championship leader Nicolás Terol, Terol made a mistake at the penultimate corner and Viñales cut inside him and took the victory by 0.048 seconds.^[10][11] His victory, at the age of 16 years, 123 days, made him the third-youngest rider to win a Grand Prix race behind Scott Redding and Marco Melandri.^[12] Three further victories during the season enabled Viñales to finish his rookie season in third place in the championship rankings and he won the Rookie of the Year award.

Blusens Avintia (2012)

Viñales went into the 2012 season as title favourite in the newly formed Moto3 championship. He won five races early on in the season, but a lack of consistency with several crashes meant that he was not able to keep up with Sandro Cortese. Going into Malaysia still with a slim chance of winning the title, he shocked fans and media when he angrily left his team and flew back home, withdrawing from the race. Cortese won the race and the title with Luis Salom moving into second place. Viñales later stated that he had not been informed of offers from other Moto3 teams, that the team refused to move him up into Moto2 and instead made him sign an extension to his contract into 2014 and that he was unable to win with them as it was a "second division team".^[13] Viñales eventually apologized^[14] and returned to the team for the final two races of the season, securing third in the standings, but losing the runner-up spot to Salom.

Team Calvo (2013)

He moved to Team Calvo for 2013, riding alongside Ana Carrasco. Sorting out his new contract after his walkout in Malaysia supposedly was a very delicate affair which included a high release fee having to be paid to his former team and interest also being expressed by the Marc VDS Moto3 team.^[15] He won his first two races with Team Calvo back-to-back at round three and four, the Spanish and French Grand Prix. In later races he had several opportunities to win as he was leading the last laps at San Marino, Aragon and Philip Island, but on all occasions he was eventually overtaken by fellow Spanish rider Álex Rins. He was starting to fade from the title fight with two races to go and only a slim chance left to win, but at Motegi both championship front runners Luis Salom and Alex Rins didn't score any points as both crashed out of the race, Salom being taken out by Viñales' cousin Isaac Viñales. Viñales finished second behind rookie Álex Márquez, putting him back into the title fight. The three riders went into the final round with a gap of just five points between them. As Salom crashed out and rejoined to finish 14th, Rins and Viñales continued battling until the last corner. In the end, Viñales narrowly took the victory and Moto3 World Championship with Rins finishing runner-up.

Pons Racing (2014)

Team Suzuki Ecstar (2015–2016)

In September 2014 it was announced that Viñales would move up to the MotoGP class for the 2015 season, riding for the factory Suzuki team on their return to the class. He partnered Aleix Espargaró at the team.^[19] Viñales became the first rider to move up to MotoGP after just one lone season in Moto2, even all-time greats like Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez spent two years in the intermediate category.

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP (2017–2021)

After Jorge Lorenzo announced his move to the Ducati team, Viñales was signed to replace him at the factory Yamaha team in 2017 and 2018.^[21]

Aprilia Racing (2021–)

In August 2021, it was announced that Viñales would join the factory Aprilia racing team from 2022, initially on a one-year contract, joining existing rider Aleix Espargaró.^[32] On 20 August 2021, Yamaha and Viñales ended their contract with immediate effect,^[33][34] opening the door for Viñales to make an early debut with Aprilia at the Aragon Grand Prix on 12 September.^[35] Viñales took the place of regular team rider Lorenzo Savadori, who was injured in August and will continue to act as the team's test rider.^[36][37] Viñales finished the season 10th in the rider's standings, with 106 points.

Viñales' first podium with Aprilia came at the Dutch TT. Then, he finished second in the British Grand Prix. He finished third for his third podium in four races at the San Marino Grand Prix.

On 26 May 2022, Viñales signed a contract extension with the team for 2023 and 2024, still teaming up with Aleix Espargaró.^[38]

In the opening round of the 2023 season, Viñales scored his and Aprilia's first podium of the season at the Portuguese Grand Prix. His next podium was in Barcelona, where he finished behind teammate Aleix Espargaró in the first ever 1-2 finish for the factory Aprilia team in MotoGP. In the last race of the season, Viñales scored his first Aprilia pole position. He ended the season in 7th, only 2 points adrift of his teammate.

In the 2024 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, Viñales scored, after already winning the sprint race, his 10th win in his MotoGP career, making him the first MotoGP rider ever to win on three different manufacturers in the MotoGP era, with race wins on Suzuki, Yamaha and Aprilia.^[39]

By season

By class

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

* Season still in progress.