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Vinales "didn't care" if he crashed at Le Mans

Maverick Vinales says he started to risk crashing "in every corner" during MotoGP's French Grand Prix as he was frustrated at being so far down the order. Starting the Le Mans race from eighth, Vinales was running as low as 13th in the early laps, and only broke into the top 10 on Lap 11, helped by the crashes of Andrea Dovizioso and Johann Zarco. Vinales said the first part of the race was "horrible", and he only managed to improve late in the race, eventually taking seventh, because "I didn't care if I crashed or not". "I improved [because] I was trying to crash in every corner of the track," he said. "I improve only for that because I don't...
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