MotoGP Australian Grand Prix winner Maverick Vinales admits he was “not really motivated” for this weekend's Phillip Island race, and says he and Yamaha “needed” Sunday's victory. Vinales recovered from a 'stupid' start to dominate a chaotic 27-lap grand prix in Australia to end Yamaha's longest losing streak in its premier class history of 25 races, and tally up his first win since Le Mans last year. The Spaniard says Phillip Island, along with the cancelled Silverstone event, was a race he knew he could win this year, but after a difficult Japanese Grand Prix last week – in which he was a distant seventh having fought for the win two weeks...
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