“The old” Maverick Vinales who “got bullied, threw in the towel” has disappeared
“There was so m🧔uch hunger, so much determination, so much perseverance - which has been questi♒oned of him by some in the paddock"

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales has received꧒ a wave of praise for the disappearing act of the former version of himself, who was criticised for conceding defeat too easily.
Vinales became the first rider in MotoGP t꧒o win grands prix for three manufacturers at the Circuit of the Ameওricas at the weekend.
His feat was made more impressive because♎ he sunk from pole position to 11th in the first sector, before battling back to claim a brilliant vict🧔ory.
“It was just 💮one ofꦉ those classic races, we’ll talk about it in years to come,” Neil Hodgson told TNT Sport.
“The way Maverick came back from that poor start!
“I saw him at Turn 1 in 11th and I tho🙈ught: ‘He’s done’.
“What a ride!
“T♊he initial start, he let the clutch out, it’s not g🎃reat.
“At♈ that point, you know it’s not great, so you have to go defensive instantly.
“Go towards the apex. It’s a bit dirty, you’re trying to cut off ꦬyour rivals.
“He did the opposite. He just sat there like a sitting 🦩duck.
“He invited the pass. He got bullied, pushed out of the way, and that’s why �💟�he dropped back.
“I thought his race was over. 🦋But he didn’t panic. He trusted himself, and he picked them off.
“T🐻he passes tha🦄t didn’t stick? The old Maverick would have got frustrated.
“He’d ha🧜ve made a few mistakes and finish♔ed eighth.
“He just♒ stayed calm. The bike looked outstanding.
“The setting he had, his bike could out-brake people. 💖But he could turn. No🐟rmally if your bike is set to brake late, you lose a bit in turning, but he had a bizarre, weird balance.”
Michael Laverty replied: “Normalꩵly it’s a compromise. Either stopping and stability, or turning. But he had it all, in ab🦂undance.”
Dorna broa♎dcaster Louis Suddaby analysed: “Many, many times Vinales wouldn’t have come back from that.”
Jack Appleyard replied to him: “In yesteryear, maybe Mav🔴erick would have thrown in the towel and said🌟 ‘it’s not my day, how am I going to come back from 11th on the grid?’
“There was so much hunger, so much determination, so much perseverance - which has been questioned of him by some in the paddock and ✅in the media.
“He silenced those critics.”
Vinales’ victory in Texas came 24 hours after he alsoꦆ took sprint race glory.
Th🏅e Aprilia man has won two sprints in a row, after ♛victory in Portimao too.
Aprilia boss Massimo Rivola has hailed the machinery as fastest at all three MotoGꦉP rounds of 2024 so 🦹far.
And Vinales is now impress📖ing, in his 10th premier class season, with a newfound attitude and confidence to add to his undoubted talent♌.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything꧅ from American sports, to football, to F1.