America MotoGP: Maverick Vinales blames himself for poor start - “It’s my responsibility, all on me”

Maverick Vinales cost himself the chance of scoring points during the MotoGP Sprint at COTA following a woeful launch off the line.
Maverick Vinales, Aprilia MotoGP COTA 2023
Maverick Vinales, Aprilia MotoGP COTA 2023

Vinales was immediately swamped by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller as he failed to get the desired start, before continuing to drop as the lap went on. The factory Aprilia rider started the MotoGP Sprint 🦄in eighth but was down to 19ꦗth come the conclusion on lap one. 

Fast all weekend in terms of race pace, Vinales put together an impress🐷ive comeback although it wasn’t enough to score points.

Speaking to , Vinales said: "It’s my responsibility to improve the starts. It’s all 👍on me. The team is trying to give me help and the best but I don’t have the feeling with the clutch to start well. 

"Then, when you are at the back it is so complicated because you fight and fight - in the end I recover a lot of places and it’s t💛rue that I have been growing a lot wi🦹th the lap times even though I was with traffic and was riding decently. 

"Overall, I think we have potential but we just need to put everything together. We will achieve it. We are all working on it."&nbไsp;

Pushed further on his start drama, Vinales admitted he and the team will try to make adjustme🦩nts in order to get him feeling more com🍒fortable.

"Of course, we are going to try and do something,” added the former Yamaha and Suz🍒uki rider. “It’s something that is my responsibility 🍰and I will improve it. It’s all on me."

Rins feeling the difference between Suzuki and Honda MotoGP bike

Alex Rins, Sprint race, Grand Prix of the Americas, 15 April
Alex Rins, Sprint race, Grand Prix of the Americas, 15 April

One of the stars of the show throughout Saturday was LCR Honda rider Alex Rins. Second in qualifying, Rins replicate💙d that finishing position after attempting to fight race ಞwinner Francesco Bagnaia early on.

And although it was a great performance, Rins is still lacking the feeling in slow-speed corner🉐s that the Suzuki was givi💎ng him. 

Rins added: "We did a really great day on the qualifying💟 and the Sprint race. I gave my maximum and I tried to overtake Pecco as soon as possible because I knew he had a really good pace. 

"I tried to ride on my own but then he overtook me and in🍎 corner 12 I went fully straight. With these high temperatures it was difficult to not have locking on the front and ཧnot go straight. 

"For sure, this bike is not the same as th🐷e ones I was riding the last few years. What I can say is that o𒅌n the chicanes, this one is more demanding."

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