Maverick Vinales called his Yamaha M1 ‘fantastic’ during qualifying for the Dutch MotoGP, but that ‘coming with good races I think I could be faster’, - even after setting a new lap record.
Fabio Quartararo heads to ‘one of my favourite circuits’ being Assen, after describing third place in Germany as ‘a bad weekend’. Maverick Vinales returns to the Dutch TT as the last rider to win there in 2019.
Maverick Vinales believes the key to a successful German MotoGP is securing an all-important front row start in tomorrow’s qualifying; ‘We MUST qualify on the front row. This is the real objective of the weekend’.
Maverick Vinales endured another difficult MotoGP weekend, while team-mate Fabio Quartararo took home the spoils in Mugello; says 'we will keep working' in order to not lose the 'feeling of practice', as the weekend progresses.
Changing weather, a crash at turn three and a fast lap at the end of MotoGP FP2 made it an eventful day in Le Mans for Maverick Vinales who finished third fastest on combined times.
Fabio Quartararo heads to his home MotoGP round fresh from arm pump surgery, team-mate Maverick Vinales curious to see if Jerez test form carries over to Le Mans.
In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column, Maverick Vinales deletes his twitter account after a fake story in the Spanish press leads to fan abuse, the Argentine Grand Prix remains a long way off, and Jorge Lorenzo gets pranked on La Iene.
‘Last year he did really good lines. He was perfect all the race’ - Vinales on Oliveira. Yamaha rider hopes to challenge the home favourite at Portimao.
Maverick Vinales looks to make it two wins from two in Qatar, still has ‘the feeling’ of last weekend even though fast lap doesn’t come quite as easy in the second MotoGP practice session.
Maverick Vinales heads into the second MotoGP race of the season in Qatar as championship leader, but stresses that ‘we have to improve’ if he is to repeat the success this weekend.
Aleix Espargaro looks to build on top ten finish in the first Qatar MotoGP Grand Prix of the year. Improving qualifying performance and ‘race pace’ the next goal.
‘Today was a bit difficult to go in the 1m 52s for us’ - Maverick Vinales settles for third fastest, but has ‘margin to improve’ for next MotoGP races.
Last year's compressed 'Covid' MotoGP calendar, which saw 14 rounds in the space of four months, including the last nine races over eleven weekends, prompted renewed discussion of whether at least some race weekends should be reduced to just two days.
Whilst acknowledging that Valentino Rossi's departure from its Factory MotoGP team is a 'significant moment', Yamaha Racing boss Lin Jarvis doesn't expect a major change in how the YZR-M1 is developed in 2021.
It might not make comfortable reading for Yamaha, but at least their 2021 factory MotoGP team line-up of Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo are in agreement.