Yamaha's Maverick Vinales says he was "very lucky" to even finish 14th in the MotoGP Czech Grand Prix having battled an "impossible" lack of grip from the first lap. Vinales started from fifth on the grid, but slipped to eighth after the opening lap and continued to tumble down the order at Brno, eventually taking the chequered flag almost 20 seconds from the win in 14th - his worst finish as a Yamaha rider. Vinales joined half the field in running the soft rear tyre along with eventual podium finishers Franco Morbidelli and Johann Zarco. But from the first lap Vinales says he had a lot of spinning on the rear tyre, and admits towards the end the bike became...
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