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I’m so happy!" Maybe I changed the riding style in the last laps. "I made the last two laps closing my eyes. I wanted to have the opportunity to push Joan so maybe he make a mistake. We also have the new starting device that is working very well, although everyone is using one now. he joked. "I was losing the rear on entry and I couldn’t keep corner speed. I started first! "The Suzuki and Honda had more grip on banking. "I couldn’t make that [early] pace again in the '48s, but somehow at the end of the race I was able again to do a '49.0s so we need to understand why. “The good thing is I closed the throttle, but [if I was] 50 metres in front, probably we would have had a dangerous moment – but [it would have been] a lot worse for him because I was the one with the speed, but he was the one in the worst path, so was probably even more dangerous for him. Every time we try to explore something we miss laps on the track. I lose a lot in the first metres of traction also.". It seems to work. Maverick Vinales impressed by what he saw from the GSX-RR in Qatar. Everybody knows that he is the rival to beat, we will give 200 percent…". “I think I gave enough space but I don’t know, I was not on Joan Mir’s bike to see if I’d given enough space. And this year I have worked even harder," he said.
"Big round of applause! "We've found at least 6 or 7 km/h of top speed.

The total or partial reproduction of text, photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form. F1 video: The latest on the 2021 driver market - Who will land the final seats? Vinales, who raised eyebrows by revealing he believed he could improve his starts - often the weakest point of his race - by turning off launch control, had passed Quartararo to take the holeshot at turn one on Sunday.

Yet Vinales' final lap was a scorching 1m 49.092s, quicker he'd been since lap 4 and better than any other rider at the end of the race. Contact Crash.Net Privacy Policy Get Crash RSS Newsfeeds About Crash.Net. While Quartararo sunk all the way to 18th due to soaring front-tyre pressure, Vinales pondered whether a similar thing happened to his rear tyre. "I did it with [the launch control] electronics. But our competitors have also improved. Ex-F1 driver Petrov steps down from steward duties after father's death, Grosjean: Haas suffering from inherent overheating F1 suspension issue, Wolff: No consequences for Williams if Russell loses F1 seat. "For sure over one lap the bike is fantastic. “But anyway, I tried to enter on the track as safely as I can.”, Le Mans MotoGP: Miller sets FP2 pace in tricky conditions, Quartararo: Easy to lose title hopes with “stupid” mistake, Marini escapes serious injury from monster Le Mans crash, Jimmie Johnson, Ganassi announce Carvana sponsorship for 2021, Petrov replaced as F1 steward after father's death, IndyCar St. Pete: Herta tops first practice, McLaughlin stars, Vettel: Leclerc in a "different class" after another Q2 exit, Mercedes in favour of Formula 1 engine freeze from 2022, Perez reprimanded for Gasly qualifying incident, Hamilton explains "counter-intuitive" medium tyre choice, Portuguese GP: Hamilton beats Bottas to pole by 0.1s, Nakagami "not interested" in MotoGP title fight, Quartararo has no "real pace" to fight in Teruel GP, Championship "not in my hands" – Dovizioso, Marquez "needs to be lucky" to mount Teruel podium charge, Teruel MotoGP: Nakagami takes maiden pole, Mir only 12th, French Bike GP 1989: Christian Sarron crash. Honda found a way to make Alex and Nakagami fast and they are also our opponents now.". ", Vinales, who matched his best MotoGP championship result of third (with two wins) last season, also insisted that his relationship with countryman and reigning champion Marc Marquez is "cordial, we understand each other, we are rivals and battle on track as with anybody else. The first corner is very close here so it easier to make a good start.". F1 video: Why Sebastian Vettel is perfect for Aston Martin. Vinales outbraked himself into the Garage Vert double right-hander during Friday’s drying second MotoGP outing at Le Mans and was forced to run through the gravel owing to the wet painted runoff area. Nonetheless, on paper, Vinales (who took his first MotoGP victory as a Suzuki rider in 2016) would also have been among those in the victory fight if the March 8 season-opener had gone ahead. “I saw him before and then I was on the artificial grass, so I will not bank on the artificial grass because I would crash and it’s wet, so I just went straight. Ex-F1 driver Petrov steps down from steward duties after father's death, Grosjean: Haas suffering from inherent overheating F1 suspension issue, Wolff: No consequences for Williams if Russell loses F1 seat.

I used just S compounds to put a lot of corner speed. Maverick Vinales did all he could to snatch a podium from new MotoGP title leader Joan Mir at the end of Sunday's Aragon Grand Prix.

Lewis Duncan Oct 9, 2020, 9:28 AM Suzuki’s Joan Mir says was “surprised” at how Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales rejoined the track after an off at … After 5 or 6 laps there was a big drop on the left side," he said. Mir was visibly angry at this, with both exchanging gestures again about the incident after the chequered flag. Taking the strong points from the Yamaha. First KTM's Pol Espargaro tipped Suzuki to be the 'revelation' of the 2020 MotoGP season and now Monster Yamaha's Maverick Vinales has labelled the GSX-RR as perhaps the most 'complete' bike on the grid. I didn’t expect them to be so fast. "In Qatar, the Suzukis were going very fast," AS.com quotes Vinales as saying. "Honestly the front tyre was good.

F1 video: The latest on the 2021 driver market - Who will land the final seats? What if Nico Rosberg hadn't retired - would the 2020 F1 title fight be better? The delayed start to the season caused by the coronavirus at least means Vinales has been able to recover from a motocross training injury. The total or partial reproduction of text, photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form.

Dovizioso struggles, but title hopes 'survive' at Aragon, Petrucci: 'Pol hit me from the back', loses three positions, Check out the Crash MotoGP YouTube channel - CLICK HERE, Miller had no plan with Doviziso, who starts 17th, Crutchlow: Nakagami 'by far the fastest guy' on average pace, Takaaki Nakagami ‘proud’ of maiden MotoGP pole, eyes first win and podium, Takaaki Nakagami puts Honda back on top with maiden MotoGP pole, 2020 Teruel MotoGP, Aragon - Full Qualifying Results. Maverick Vinales surprises with a strong start and late-race surge, making him the fastest rider on track as he chased down the Suzuki of new MotoGP title leader Joan Mir in the closing laps. I've followed the Ducati and Honda in pre-season and they don't pull away [on the straight] as much anymore. What if Nico Rosberg hadn't retired - would the 2020 F1 title fight be better? We need to work more.

The Misano winner was 0.8s faster than Mir on that last lap and 0.2s better than race-winner Alex Rins (Suzuki). We need to understand. Vinales is the only Monster Yamaha rider at Aragon with team-mate Valentino Rossi forced to remain at home after a positive Covid test on the eve of this weekend. F1 VIDEO: Has Ricciardo made the right call leaving Renault for McLaren? Vinales was fastest of all at the end of pre-season testing in Qatar but also got the chance to watch trackside, when the bikes of Alex Rins and Joan Mir caught his eye. Yamaha's top rider in the world championship for the first time this season, Vinales said his main focus for next weekend's Aragon event is to work on further improving the strengths of the Yamaha.

But Vinales then surprised by mounting a late charge, hunting down Mir to finish just 0.266s from the GSX-RR, famed for its speed at the end of a race.