Yamaha's new signing Maverick Vinales will target race pace gains for his pre-season preparations, as he is confident about his speed over a single lap. Vinales, who has moved to Yamaha from Suzuki, has taken well to his new team, producing strong performances in 2016 post-season testing. The trend continued on the first-day of pre-season testing at Sepang, as the Spaniard headed the Yamaha contingent in third, four tenths slower than pacesetter Casey Stoner. “We were focusing on the race pace,” Vinales said. “It's important to be strong at the end, so [we ran] with quite old tyres all the time. This test we want to focus on that, get a good package and bring something good for [the...
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