The start of the school year was hectic to say the least in the official Yamaha box on the slope side. Vinales. Until then, the illusion was maintained by a consistency which had allowed the Spaniard to score in each of the nine Grands Prix contested, thus allowing him to be third in the championship. But at Brno, the house of cards has collapsed and Yamaha will have to put its house in order…
The brand in tune also began by asking for silence in the ranks regarding future and communicated internal changes. Except apparently internally. The main target, Ramón Forcada, has had little taste for the way of doing things, while the scale of the cleaning has the air of a blank slate. The weekend started on this basis and everything went from Charybdis to Scylla…
First there was the failed Q.2 which infuriated Vinales. Although defeated by only three thousandths per Dovizioso himself, The Spaniard returned to his box particularly annoyed, even applauding his team for this result. An attitude which has not calmed the spirits…
Then there was this qualification in twelfth place. His worst of the season. What followed was an average start to the race which ended a few turns later. A clash with Bradley Smith et Stefan bradl which could have revealed the simple fact of racing if there was not this implosion within the Yamaha stand.
On the facts, Wilco Zeelenberg, the coach of Casa Particular in Viñales, commented : " Maverick was hit by Bradley Smith and Bradley may have been hit by Stefan Bradl. It’s a racing fact. Maverick was off to a pretty good start, then he fell back in the pack because he did wheelies in third and fourth gear ».
As for Ramón Forcada, we admit not knowing if the adventure will continue like this until the end of the season or if Brno was the last Grand Prix spent with Vinales. At last, Bradl recovered from this accident and remains uncertain for Monday's tests for the benefit of Honda...
Grand Prix of the Czech Republic Brno MotoGP J.3: Ranking
| 1 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 41'07.728 |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | +0.178 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | +0.368 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | +2.902 |
| 5 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | +2.958 |
| 6 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | +3.768 |
| 7 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | +6.159 |
| 8 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | +7.479 |
| 9 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | +7.575 |
| 10 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | +8.326 |
| 11 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | +8.653 |
| 12 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | +16.549 |
| 13 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | +19.603 |
| 14 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | +21.381 |
| 15 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | +23.159 |
| 16 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | +27.673 |
| 17 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | +28.311 |
| 18 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | +41.172 |
| 19 | 50 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Suzuki | +42.411 |
| 20 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | +50.941 |
| Not Classified | ||||
| 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 13 lapses | |
| 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | 16 lapses | |
| 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 20 lapses | |
| Not Finished 1st Lap | ||||
| 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | The 0p | |
| 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 0 laps |
