Maverick Vinales scored his and Yamaha’s first victory of 2019 in the Dutch TT at Assen, beating championship leader Marc Marquez by Vinales wrestled the lead away from Marquez in the latter stages of the race, despite struggling with increased wind levels that caused both he and fellow Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo massive stability problems. Running fifth in the early stages, the Yamaha man was forced to follow Marquez for most of the race as he struggled to find a way round the Honda’s superior straight line speed. He then pounced on a mistake from the reigning MotoGP champion at Turn 1 to take second, before focussing his sights on Quartararo’s lead. He took the lead...
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