At the finish of the Spanish Grand Prix, it's a Maverick Vinales very unhappy with his performance which joined the Yamaha box. Sixth under the checkered flag, he still did better than his teammate, wearing the same M1 fitted with the same hard and medium tires. He had also just returned to the championship, two points behind the leader, who is none other than Valentino Rossi. But the Spaniard is not there to settle for runners-up. Especially since he was certain that something was wrong with his front tire.
Doubts which were confirmed after the testing according to Grand Prix in Andalusia. Tests concluded in first place, which is very different from what happened 24 hours before, even if the comparison is not right. Maverick gives his version: “ I did a race simulation with a full tank for a dozen laps with the same settings and the same tires as during the race. It was completely different. On Sunday, I did 1'41.9 and the next day I did 1'40.8. That's practically a second better. At this rate, we could have reached the podium and even fought with Dani Pedrosa and Marc Márquez ».
« Now we must move forward. We tried things. Some were positive, others negative. For Le Mans, we already have a good base of settings and we will try to progress ". On this front tire from Jerez, the Michelin representative Piero Taramasso specified on GP One : " After the race, we did a visual inspection of Maverick's tire and we didn't notice any glaring anomalies. We sent it to the laboratory in Clermont-Ferrand for further analysis. ».
Otherwise, regarding the more rigid carcass known as the 2016 version, Casa Particular in Viñales vote for: “ If we have this tire, I won't have any problems. Even with the current tire I did several laps with good times. I liked the tire I had in Argentina. But if we have the other tire, that will suit me too. There is no problem for me ". Meanwhile, on the other side of the Yamaha box, There are many...
