News 13 Aug 2018

Viñales didn't have 'any new problems' at Austrian grand prix

Spaniard winds up 12th at the Red Bull Ring's 11th round.

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Movistar Yamaha’s Maverick Viñales says he didn’t experience any new problems in a dismal showing at the Red Bull Ring’s 11th round of the MotoGP World Championship yesterday.

The Spaniard wound up 12th after starting from P11, explaining there are on-going issues with his YZR-M1 while highlighting a lack of power in the starts.

“For me the race was okay,” said Viñales. “I didn’t have any new problems, but we do have issues on the bike, especially at the start, when the bike didn’t have any power.

“It’s something I don’t understand, because we worked quite well the last two weekends to make good starts and here it was impossible. We’ll be focusing on Silverstone and will try to forget this weekend. Now I will go to Misano for our test and try to enjoy the riding and see if we can improve.”

A string of inconsistent results sees the number 25 positioned fifth in the championship standings as the series heads to Silverstone in two weeks time.

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