Maverick Vinales was furious after racing at the Red Bull Ring, but in his case the accident caused by Zarco had nothing to do with his anger. Although the Spaniard, like Valentino, was touched by Morbidelli’s bike, this episode didn’t bother him too much.
“I only saw in the replay how close the bike went to me – he said – I did protected me with my hands because I saw motorcycle parts flying around everywhere, but then I immediately started pushing again because I didn’t want Valentino to pass me by. We all know that there are risks in racing, there is nothing to worry about and I have no other comments.
His goal is the Yamaha …
“It’s difficult to speak after two consecutive races in which I had technical problems with my bike – he said – I had the pace to fight for the podium, but it’s difficult to drive and think about it like this to fight for the title. I do my best, but today it was impossible to fight the Suzukis, the Ducatis and all the other bikes. It’s frustrating, we just don’t walk on the straight. It’s the same story every time, the only moment I was able to show my potential was a lap in qualifying. “
As usual, Vinales has no answer as to the source of its problems.
“It’s hard to explain what happens, sometimes I lose my footing, today both in front and behind – he continued – IIt’s hard for me to understand what’s happening too, but it seems to me that all other bikes are one step ahead of us. The only one I could fight with today was Quartararo, the others are too fast on the straight. At the moment I just want to think that these two races will pass Austria so that I can have fun again on tracks that we like more.
Maverick also had a mechanical problem on the second start …
“With the clutch – he explained – it also slipped on the straight, In fact, I raised my hand to warn the other riders that the bike wasn’t going forward. I thought of going back to the pits and quitting when the situation improved after 3 laps and I was able to recover from there. “
But only up to 10th place …
“The reasons are hard to find. I can only do my best in practice and qualifying because something always happens in the race. I don’t even think about the championship, it’s hard to believe that you can win it with all these problems. If the bike runs well, I can fight for victory, but I can’t work miracles when we have problems. “
As today…
“Yesterday the bike was perfect, today it was difficult to ride – he said – Only Valentino seems to be suffering less, but if I didn’t have these problems I could fight for victory. This race and the one in Brno were two points that we didn’t use. I can only wait for my moment, even if it is difficult to accept that I can only do my best on Saturday ”.