MotoGP Austria: Maverick Vinales: “It’s mandatory to improve race starts, I am doing all that I can”
In the sprint, Vinales went from second to seventh before even reaching the brakin🐟g zone for turn one.
A late move by Jorge Martin to the inside🅺 of Fabio Quartararo, who also managed to get alongside Vinales then resulted in all three making contact before a big crash for the likes of Marco Bezzecchi, Miguel Oliveira and Johann Zarco took place.
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In the Grand Prix Vinales made a much better launch𝔉, however, the same issue of not gaining enough speed as his competitors occurred, which resulted in him dropping down to eighth.
Speaking about his start problems, Vinales added: "Yes [it was a better start than Saturday]. But not enough. It's mandatory, and I push the guys so much, because 🌠it's something we must improve.
"Same rhythm we did today, starting in the fr🦂ont, we were on the podium. So I think for us, it's mandatory to improve it, there is no other way.
"But as a rider, I cannot do anything else, I am doing all that I can, all that they ask m🐽e to do, and it's something the technici༺ans have to improve."
On the other side of the Aprilia garage Aleix Espargaro had no such dramas with the starting procedure,𝓰 however, 🦂the BritishGP winner lacked the performance of Vinales throughout the weekend and was unable to secure anything better than a P7.
Espargaro said: "It was an extremely demanding race physically. It was very hot and at the beginning I pushed as hard as I could to try and stay♕ with the leading group.
"Then my performance dropped because I began to feel a drop in the rear tyre a𒐪nd I also had to manage fuel consumption.
"In an🐽y case, I’m fairly satisfied. Throughout the weekend, our performance imꦦproved and at the end of the day, I wasn’t too far behind Maverick, who rode at an extremely high level here.
"We knew that this track doesn’t suit our bike and particularly my riding ꦰstyle, but we took home some good points in the end. We’ll keep working, as always, to improve.🌠"
