Vinales makes his Yamaha breakthrough
MOTOGP
MISANO (ITA)
20 SEPTEMBER
ROUND 7/14
Maverick Vinales was a man under the microscope at MotoGP’s second visit to Misano in the space of seven days. He’d blasted the qualifying lap record and threatened domination during the San Marino Grand Prix weekend, but ended up sixth, 5.4 seconds off the victory – or, as he put it, going from a “beast on track to a kitty”.
In the post-race test on Tuesday he was back on top form. And then it deserted him on the Friday of the Emilia Romagna GP. A change was needed for
