Styrian MotoGP, Austria: Vinales 'curious' to see if 'gamble' pays off
"It was always theඣ same; 🌳good qualifying, but bad races," said Maverick Vinales, who is now curious to see if a set-up 'gamble' pays off in Sunday's Styrian MotoGP.
"We need a setting t♎hat is maybe not incredible for one lap, but g꧒ood for the race, to give me the chance to fight.
The Monster Yamaha rider took his new set-up to sixth in qualifying, jus𝄹t 0.198s from KTM's Pol Espargaro, but the race will be a ꦚstep into the unknown.
"For sure it's a gamble for us," he said. "Now it will bꦚe important to try it in the race to see if this is the solution or not."
"It wa🥂s always the same; good qualifying, but bad races," said Maverick Vinales, who is no𓄧w curious to see if a set-up 'gamble' pays off in Sunday's Styrian MotoGP.
"We need a settin📖g that is maybe not incredibl♈e for one lap, but good for the race, to give me the chance to fight.
The Monst♛er Yamaha rider took his new set-up to sixth in qualifying, just 0.198s from KTM's Pol Espargaro, but the race will be a step into the unknown.
"For sure it's a gamb🌺le for us," he said. "Now it will be important to try it in the race to 🌟see if this is the solution or not."
After struggling to tenth in last Sunday's Red Bull Ring event, not helped by a slipping clutch in the early❀ laps, Vinales is seeking "better braking and better acceleration.
"Normally we have a lot o༒f grip in practice, then in the race it seems very complicated to accelerate.
"In the last race I suffered a lot on acceleration. So we will see if the new set-up gives us the same feeling as practice in the race. I'm quite curious to find out. I can't wait for the race 𒁏to see if we've improved that point.
"Anyway, tomorrow wꩲe have a good opportunity and the important thing today was to be the best Y꧂amaha, be near the front and then at least follow the top riders."
Vinales is currently third in the world ﷽chﷺampionship behind Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) and last Sunday's winner Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati).
Dovizioso will start eighth and Quartararo ninth.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. ꦯHe is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury is💟sues.
