Silverstone: Vinales: New asphalt will work to our advantage
Maverick Vinales is hoping the new Silverstone asphalt will provide a further boo🍌st to his chances at a track where he is already a proven MotoGP winner.
Vinales took his first🔯 premier-class victory, and first for the S💞uzuki GSX-RR, at Silverstone in 2016.
The Spaniard then finished runne﷽r-up by just 0.114s🦹 for Yamaha the following year, before the 2018 race was cancelled due to drainage problems.
Maverick Vinales is hopi♛ng the new Silverstone asphalt will provide 🧜a further boost to his chances at a track where he is already a proven MotoGP winner.
Vinales took his f🐻irst premier-class victory, and first for the Suzuki GSX-RR, at Silverstone in 2016.
The Spaniard then finished runner🍨-up by just 0.114s for Yamaha the following year, before the 2018 race was cancelled due to drainage problems🏅.
To fix those issues, the track ha🏅s been completely resurfaced ahead of this weekend's British event. The new asphalt should also mean high grip levels, which would play into the M1's hands.
"In Silverstone I got my first victory💙 in MotoGP, so I have good memories there," Vinales said.
"I think it's a track that can be very favourable to our bike, and we can be com🎃petitive also because of the new asphalt. We are🔯 expecting better grip and that is definitely something that will work to our advantage.
"We are also hoping to have good weather for this weekend. Our goal remains the same: to be the first Ya𝔍maha always in the final classification."
Vinales, Yamaha's only race winner so far this season, is currently sixth and one-point behind Valentino Rossi in the wo🌃rld🐻 championship standings.
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