Vinales at “full strength”, changing small things to reach podium
Maverick Vinales has confirmed he is fully fit following his heavy off after being taken out by Franco Morbidelli on the final lap of the Argentina MotoGP last time out but accepts he must give his all to recover lost ground in the 🀅championship.
After an underwhelming 2019 opener with seventh place, having stormed to pole pos🐷ition in Qatar, the Spanish rider was denied a🍬 points finish in Argentina when he was hit by Morbidelli on the last lap which saw the pair tumble out.
Maverick Vinales 🏅has confirmed he is fully fit following his heavy off after being taken out by Franco Morbidelli on the final lap of the Argentina MotoGP last time out but accepts he must give his all to re💟cover lost ground in the championship.
After an underwhelming 2019 opener with seventh place, having storꦚmed to pole posꦦition in Qatar, the Spanish rider was denied a points finish in Argentina when he was hit by Morbidelli on the last lap which saw the pair tumble out.
Vinales says he is not feeling any lasting effects of his Argentina off and is ho⛎peful of kick-starting his seaജson at the Circuit of the Americas which holds happy memories for him.
12 months ago Vinales grabbed second place for the factory Yama🔯ha squad at the United States MotoGP roꦯund, while he won the 2014 Moto2 race and finished on the podium in the 2013 Moto3 race at the Texan track.
“The first thing I want to say is that I arrive in Austin in a good physical condition after the crash in Argentina, and that is the most important thing,” Vinales confirmed. “Luckily, I didn‘t hurt myself and I can say that I‘ll start the t▨hird round of the calendar with full strength.
“Austin is a track that I really like and where I‘ve always felt very good on the bike. I have very good memories of the Circuit of the Americas, so ꦺI‘m going to try to enjoy the Gra👍nd Prix as much as I can.”
Vinales also saw his Argentina charge restrained by an all-too-familiar grip-loss problem, w🃏hich he feels he’s suffered wit𓆉h for two-and-a-half years on the Yamaha, but remains optimistic tweaking “the small things” with his YZR-M1 will find a cur🎀e to the ongoing issue.
“We will try to change the small things we’ve found at the last round in order to be able reach the podium, that is our main goal. We have to give our 100% to lose no more points and move upwards in th🐼e classification.”
Following his tough start to 2019, Vinales is 11th in the early MotoGP riders’ standings with Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi in third place having broken his rostr൲um-less run in Argentina.
