On paper, the Valencia Mot🥀oGP weekend was an unmitigated disaster for Maverick Vinales.

Outside the top ten in every session apart from FP1, the Spaniard qualified 13th and then finished twelfth in the🍒 season-ending race.

But there was a major change on Saturday night when - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:like𝕴 Movistar Yamaha team-mate Valentin♓o Rossi - Vinales felt he had nothing to lose by switching to the 2016 M1 chassis, which Tech 3's Joha💦nn Zarco had used to qualify in second place.

Vinales felt instantly comfortabl💃e in warm-up, but the new-found confidence got the better of him. A heavy accident meant Vinales went into the race with almost zero set-up time on the change of frame.

"The feeling with the [2016] chassis was great," Vinales said. "Already in the first lap [of warm-up] I did a 1'32 low, then on the second lap I was already 𒈔one second faster. Something I hadn't been able to do all weekend. So already I was feeling great, and maybe I pushed too early and too much for the feeling, because I was feeling good.

"In the race, I think we had some issues with the rear tyre. The feeling I h🔜ad with the rear was that the tyre was not working well, a lo🐼t of vibration at the end of the race. So I didn't want to risk more than was necessary."

But that didn't dampen his enthusiasm for the new frame, after a frustrating end-of-season run that saw just a single podium from the la✨st six rounds.

ꦅ"I'm happy because the chassis🔯 was working really well this morning."

After a perfect pre-season an🍰d three wins from the opening five races, Vinales faded out🐭 of title contention as the rear-grip issues with the 2017 Yamaha left both Vinales and Rossi floundering on low-grip or wet circuits.

"Not only for me, but also for the team, it has been a really difficult season. Everyone wants to switch off and start a new one," Vinales said. "So we are going to try as a team, as rid🐈er, to recover good feelings in this [week's] test.

"I think it can be possible. I felt really great this morning with the 2016, even if I onl❀y did two laps, but I felt better than all the weekend."

Vinales is still at a loss to expl🎶ain why he lo𒁃st feeling with the M1 this season.

"I don't know. Also, I don't want to think about this season any more, I wꦜant to finish this season now, and try to start a new season and not make the same mistakes.

"Honestly, I don't want to think a lot, especially because the last races were quite difficult, quite crazy for us, so we want to finish those difficult times and star⛦t new ones.

"I know last year I came here and in two laps I did the lap 𒐪time, so I'm going to try in the test to be the best that I can, try to make as many laps in a row, and try to find༺ a good rhythm."

Which begs the question, did Vinales ask for ܫthis cඣhassis change earlier in the year?

"I never really asked, because you try to improve with what you hav꧟e," he replied. "But anyway, for sure for the future, we're going to understand very well other things, and try to not lose ♊the way. Try to trust more my feelings and my riding style."

Rossi gave a more cautiou🐬s assessment of the 2016 chassis, saying his fifth place was roughly what he would have done with the 2017 bike and that, while the feeling from the bike is better, rear tyre degradation was an issue.

The Valencia test takes place on🐬 Tuesday and Wednesday.