Maverick Vinales has reiterated the importance of maintaining Yamaha’s s𓃲trong qualifying record this season due to the 🧜M1’s vulnerability during early laps in the pack.

Vinales 𓂃gave his 2020 MotoGP title hopes an important ꦇshot in the arm last time out at Misano with his first win of the season, while the Yamaha factory rider also has the best qualifying form of 2020 so far with three pole positions in the last four races.

Though his pole-to-win success rate has fluctuated, Vinales accepts it is especially important for hi🍰m to get his Saturdays right because the Yamaha - with its focus on corner speed over strai🌜ght-line performance - puts it at a disadvantage if left mired in the pack.

“Our main priority is to start on the front row because you can take the lead,” he said. “Sometimes we struggle - in the last race maybe I was able to close the gap to Pecco [Bagnaia] but I don’t know𒁃 if I was able to overtake.

“It is always difficult to overtake, especially on tracks that don’t have two or three corners in a row to prepare the overtaking but now I am focusing on the strong points of the bike, which I used to overtake Jack [Miller] on the fiꦑrst lap, so I am understanding the bike. 

“If you have a bad qualifying it is hard to gain room to make the pass on riders, so I want to conc🐷entrate on sectors t♋wo and three to see where we can overtake and be strong.”

Just one point behind leader Andrea Dovizioso following his Misano win, Vinales says he is waiting in anticipation f༒or the next few rounds in Le Mans, Aragon and Valenci🌌a which he believes will see him come on strong.

“The championship will be open until the last two raceꦬs so we will see, we will try to be smart and consist⭕ent and to keep building and growing. 

“We need to build another good weekend, then we have tracks that I love - Le Mans, Aragon and Valencia. Montmelo is for me a track we need to take the maximum.”