Maverick Vinales is thrilled with the “amazing” lap that secured the factory Yamaha man an important pole position for tomorrow’s San Marino Grand Prix. Yamaha were expected to go well at the twisty Italian Misano circuit, and the Japanese manufacturer duly delivering as they achieved a 1-2-3-4 result in qualifying-Vinales 0.641 clear of fifth-placed Jack Miller’s Ducati. An ecstatic Vinales says he was more happy with his record-breaking 1:34.411 effort-0.218 up on Jorge Lorenzo's previous 2018 benchmark-than actually being on pole, but conceded he needed to be “smart” tomorrow in order to convert his pole to a first victory in 2020. “I’m really happy because the lap-time...
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