Movistar Yamaha's Maverick Vinales went back to a setup he used at the 2017 Qatar MotoGP round in order to find confidence in yesterday's free practice four race run and it worked, meaning all the work done in testing for 2018 was ‘useless'. The Spaniard has been struggling with electronic and grip issues front and rear with the 2018 bikes - the same as the second half of last season - so his team decided to try setting from the Losail round last year and it worked as Vinales was able to run a string of laps in the 1'55s. “It seems on our side of the box we didn't find something I like. In FP4 we changed quite a lot the bike, similar to what I was riding last year, and I felt much,...
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