If there was an award for ride of the day in MotoGP, it would surely go to Maverick Vinales who fought from 15th on lap one through to sixth after a fundamanetal setup direction change re-discovered the Yamaha M1's reason to be - corner speed. The Spaniard was able to put in a succession of 1'55s laps, as fast or faster than the leaders, as he came through the pack and it was only a lack of acceleratio that held him behind the likes of Jack Miller on his rocketship Desmosedici. 'It's much better entering the corners and the bike is less shaking. It's something I like; the bike more stable and I can attack a little bit more the apex of the corners. A little more corner speed but also with...
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