Maverick Vinales says the feeling he had on his Yamaha in the Qatar MotoGP season opener was better than anything he had experienced for the last six months. After a difficult winter of pre-season testing, Vinales could do no better than 12th in qualifying at the Losail track, and a poor start resulted in a slump to 15th in the opening two laps. However, from there the 2017 Qatar winner staged a recovery and fought his way back up to sixth, showing impressive pace in the second half of the race. Vinales was already left buoyed by set-up changes made on Saturday, despite his poor grid slot, and said after the race that the modifications had transformed his feeling on the factory Yamaha....
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