Of the many surreal moments during Sunday’s chaotic COTA MotoGP start delay, one of the most bizarre involved 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales running alongside the grid༒ in search of his Tech3 KTM -ꦺ just before the start was officially postponed.

In the aftermath of Marc Marquez’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:dramatic last-minute sprint for ཧhis spa🌱re bike, Viꦫnales was one of many rᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚiders who also dashed into pit lane.

But while the rest swapped onto thei♐r dry machines, Vinales reappeared at the back of the grid - then ran alongside the track to intercept his mechanics as they wheeled his original machine off the grid.

Vinales: “I thought the red flag had been shown”

"We꧑ were on the grid, I was with wet tyres, and the plan was to start [the race] and then swap bikes,” Vinales explained🌼.

“But as many riders started to leave, I thought Race Direction had sꩲhown the red flag so everyone could 🐻have the same chances.”

With the start then officially delayed on safety grounds due to the number of riders, bikes and pit staff on the g⭕rid and in the pitlane area, Vinales was back on the grid for 𒊎the restart. 

But his troubles weren’t over yet.

More Drama: Stalled Bike Forces Pitlane Start

Vinales’ nightmare continued wౠhen his bike stalled twice🔴, forcing him to abandon his tenth-place grid slot and start from pit lane.

“When we returned to the grid, the bike stopped 🀅twice, so I had to start from the pit lane, which was unlucky,” 🦩he said.

That left the Spaniard in la🙈st place by over ten second𓃲s.

Vinales f🧸ought back to claim 14th, setting the n♐inth-fastest lap of the race.

“To be honest, I felt really good, I had a go✱od rhythm, and we have clearly made improvements this weekend, so all I want is to continue in that direction with the team," he said.

“Today, we had the level to be inside the top five, so we need to keep believing that we can achieve that target. Qatar in two weeksไ can be a good track to do ✱it, so let’s keep going."

Vinales’ team-mate Enea Bastianini was one of on🌜ly three riders to correctly gamble on slicks for the original ꦆgrid. 

But with the race restart allowing everyone to switch bikes and tyres, the Italian lost🍰 his advantage and finished seventh in the restarted race.