GP of Rep. Czech – Viñales (crash): "This crash is the result of leaving 12th place"
Maverick Viñales records his first white result of his MotoGP 2018 season after leaving in the gravel of the Brno circuit following a collision with Bradl and Smith. The Yamaha official also cedes third place in the provisional classification to Andrea Dovizioso, winner of the Czech Republic GP … Debriefing.
Maverick Vinales, Yamaha-Movistar (12th in qualifying and retirement due to a crash in the race): "I tried to raise my bike as soon as I touched the ground, but it was too late … I don’t know who made the mistake, but I was lucky anyway to not to seriously injure me. It was a difficult weekend, that’s for sure ".
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“However, we had found a new setup during the warm-up that made me feel comfortable. We have to stay focused and continue to do our job. I think the crash was a consequence of starting from twelfth place, so we have to pay close attention to the direction we are going with the settings ".
Site analysis: The 2018 Czech Republic GP turned – very – short for Maverick Viñales, pushed to the mat from the third corner in a collective crash with Stefan Bradl (wild card on an official Honda) and Bradley Smith, the only KTM representative on the track continued to the big fall of his teammate Pol Espargaro in the Warm-up.
According to Smith, precisely, this collision would have its origin in a blocking of the front of Bradl’s Honda, which would have joined the rope a little too quickly. The German’s RCV would then have struck the Englishman’s KTM, which would then have "ricocheted" in the Yamaha of Viñales.
"I frankly do not know what happened", assures for its part Viñales, visibly unhappy victim of this collision like "falling dominoes". "I frankly did not expect that in the third corner, but it is the consequence of being 12th on the grid: you can be involved in this type of crash".
The n ° 25 takes his responsibilities in this episode: if he had found adequate settings more quickly and had qualified better like his teammate Rossi (2nd), none of this would have happened. An honest way to recognize that the place of a theoretical title candidate with an official motorcycle is not on the fourth row of a starting grid…
Especially since "Mack" – who had scored points in the nine previous races – loses big in the operation: Dovizioso takes advantage of his victory in Brno to tax him the 3rd place in the provisional, with four points in advance (113 against 109 pts). Not to mention that his delay on the leader Marquez goes from 56 pts … to 72. Ouch !
Viñales, cold with Forcada, skips post-GP tests
A failure that will not boost the morale of the Spaniard, also criticized by his chief mechanic Ramon Forcada after the latter learned in the press the name of his replacement. The conflict has grown to such an extent that Yamaha communicators begged Viñales not to say another word about it. Atmosphere…
Could it be because of all these annoyances that the Spaniard – above in bogosse mode during his holidays – preferred not to resume the track this Monday during the IRTA test scheduled in Brno? In the Yamaha clan, we prefer to say that it is rather to treat his slight injury to the arm and ankle contracted in his fall on Sunday….
Note that Stefan Bradl also forfeited these "post-GP" tests because of pain in his right shoulder. The German – replaced this Monday by Hiroshi Aoyama – ensures for his part that he still does not understand the causes of the clash with Smith and Viñales…
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