A visibly tense Maverick Viñales experienced his qualifying session for the French Grand Prix. Dissatisfied with the behavior of a Yamaha which had nevertheless given him great satisfaction a few minutes earlier during FP4, the Spaniard seemed to be overtaken by his old demons. Here he is fifth, which remains a position on the first two lines which are his stated objectives in this type of exercise. And yet, he is grumpy...
Arriving at Le Mans, Maverick Vinales swore to have left his disappointment of the last meeting to Barcelona behind him. But after qualifying this Saturday, it seems that she is resurfacing... Fifth on the starting grid, and yet second Yamaha , behind the pole sitter fabio quartararo, the Top Gun only expressed dissatisfaction when it came time to take stock.
The pilot Yamaha Couldn't find the right feeling with the bike. The Spaniard only had an interesting pace at the end of FP4. The gap in qualifying is not big, but the specter of Barcelona is around the corner… “ Difficult day because I had no feeling. In FP4 I rode a little better, but the conditions are strange, I can't go at full throttle because the bike is moving a lot. This has never happened and it is very difficult for me to ride clean. Driving like that, I can't go fast ».
“It’s the same situation as in Barcelona”
« For the start, it's the same situation as in Barcelona » he regrets. “ We hope it won't be a difficult race but we know we have to hold on. The first meters from the start are always good, the problem is after that I lose everything, but I don't know if it's the setup or the electronics ».
He finishes : " here, the first corner is close so we hope to do well. I suffer a lot from the grip in the third sector and in the first sector I can go fast, but in the other points the bike slips a lot ". It will be recalled that Vinales is third in the championship, 18 points behind fabio quartararo, leader.
MotoGP Le Mans France J3: classification
