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Strong last lap puts Vinales third in Le Mans, ‘we have a really good rhythm’

Maverick Vinales made it two Monster Energy Yamaha riders inside the top three during a surprisingly dry MotoGP FP2 session today in Le Mans.  FP1 started out as we all anticipated - wet, low grip, and tricky all around which Vinales found out first hand as he crashed late on in the session while exiting the pits.  When asked about the crash, Vinales added: "Well, actually I just switched from the soft wet tyre to the medium wet tyre and I was too optimistic, I just pushed too much in Turn 3.  "I just went to put the knee down and I just crashed straight away. I think it was a cold tyre, so totally my mistake and I needed to wait a little bit more.  "But after the crash,...
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