Blue murder

“He destroyed our race. It was an idiotic movement”
– Rins vents on Zarco’s overtake

THIS SHOULD HAVE been a Yamaha party. After an exhaustive run of four races in 28 days, their rider had extended his lead in the championship ahead of a bumper five-week summer break. Its factory runners wiped the floor, finishing first and second in a premier class GP for the first time since Jerez last July. And started one-two on the grid. Yet it says something of the Iwata factory that a surprising number of its recent triumphs have been laced with unease.

Here was no exception as Fabio Quartararo’s (Monster Energy Yamaha) fourth victory of the year was overshadowed by teammate Maverick Viñales’ (Monster Energy