Silverstone: Vinales: New asphalt will work to our advantage
Maverick Vinales is hoping the new Silverstone asphalt ༺will provide a further boost to his chances at a track where he is already a proven MotoGP winner.
Vinales t🅷ook his first premier-class victory, and first for the Suzuki GSX-RR, at Silverstone🌜 in 2016.
The Spaniard then f𓃲inished runner-up by just 0.114s for Yamaha the following year, before the 2018 race was cancelled due to drainage problems.
Maverick Vinales is hoping the new Silverstoneꦍ asphalt will provide a further boost to his chances at a track where he is alrea﷽dy a proven MotoGP winner.
Vinales took his first premier-class victory, and first for the Suzuki GSX-RR, at ꦕSilverstone in 2016.
The Spaniard then finished runner-up by just 0.114s for Yamaha the following year, before the 2018 race wa⛎s cancelled due to drain🌳age problems.
To fix those issues, the track has been completely resurfaced ahead of this weekend's British event. The new asphalt should alඣso mean high grip levels, which would play into the M1's hands.
"In Silverstone I got my first victory in MotoGP, so I have😼 good memories there," Vinales said.
"I think it's a trac𝓰k that can be very favourable to our bike, and we can be competitive also because of the new asphalt. We are expecting better grip and that i🤪s definitely something that will work to our advantage.
"We are also hoping to have good weather for this weekend. Our goal remains t🅰he same: to be the first Yamaha always in the final classification."
Vinales, Yamaha's only race winner so far this s♏eason, is currently sixth and one-point behind Valentino Rossi in the world championship stan𝔉dings.
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