British GP MotoGP – Viñales (2nd): "we’re back!"
Maverick Viñales, who signs a nice second place in the MotoGP British Grand Prix one tenth behind the winner, is delighted to be back at the forefront after having experienced a small slump in the season he started with a bang. Statements and Analysis.
Maverick Viñales, Yamaha (4th in qualifying and 2nd in race) : "It was difficult, but I think we managed the race very well, especially in terms of electronics. We were very strong in all sectors and I think we worked well. This week- end we were back, we feel comfortable again and that’s the positive point, especially during the last part of the race which was not our strong point so far. This time I was the faster in the last laps so we will try to be more competitive and even stronger in the next races ".
"I knew my bike was really good in the final laps so I was just trying to keep pace and stay focused to save the tires until the end. Of course I was able to do some great laps. from the start (like his teammate Valentino Rossi, editor’s note ?!), but the tires would have deteriorated a lot so I chose to do the opposite: start slowly at the beginning then attack at the end, and here is the result. on Dovi on the last lap and I did my best. I did one of my best lap times on the last lap (his second time in the race, editor’s note), so I really gave everything to catch him, but honestly finishing second today was the best result I could do. We must be happy to see that we are working in the right direction again. " ".
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Last cannon turn !
Maverick Viñales has clearly regained confidence in Great Britain! The young Spaniard, who with his chances in the championship, is totally revived in the title race: even if he retains third place, he is now only 4 small points behind Marquez and 13 points behind Dovizioso. He can therefore reasonably hope to soon regain the lead of the provisional classification, which has eluded him since the .
"", regretted the n ° 25 the day after the GP of Spain, before repeating in Austria that it would be necessary "" to keep his title chances…
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A significant part of this work seems to have been done: Viñales managed to be very fast on the very last lap and even takes a certain ascendancy over Rossi within the Yamaha team: not only did the young prodigy do one bite of his illustrious teammate three laps from the end, but he does not hesitate to tackle him almost by name, stressing that he did not fall into the trap of giving everything at the start of the race to collapse at the end…
It should be noted, however, that if Viñales did indeed achieve his second best time in a very last good lap (2’01.701!), He had all the same turned very quickly from the start: after two laps in 2’02, he set his record for lap in the race from the fourth lap (2’01.638) and then remained in 2’01 before dropping down in 2’02 from the 11th lap … Either more or less the same race pattern as the other leading drivers and in particular the Doctor, who gave him his best time in the 3rd lap (2’01.855) and remained in 2’01 before returning to 2.02 from the 11th lap, except for a 2’02 in the 8th lap and ‘a 2’03 in the 18th…
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