Yamaha's Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales were left mystified by their loss of form in the Misano MotoGP race, despite showing podium pace in practice on Saturday.  Both Rossi and Vinales have battled all season with numerous problems relating to the M1's electronics and its engine, though the latter felt the Japanese marque had made a breakthrough at a test at Misano prior to Silverstone. Indeed, Vinales qualified third while threatening pace to fight at the front, which he believed would allow him just to sit in the slipstream of the leaders for much of the 27 laps before unleashing his strong late-race form. Feeling “really happy” after the start despite...
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