Maverick Vinales says he will examine how Fabio Quartararo rides his Petronas Yamaha to see w🐠here he can find instant gains having seen the MotoGP rookie begin to consistently outperform his fellow Yamaha riders.

The Monster Yamaha rider was unable to match the early race pace of Quartararo aꦫnd Marc Marquez which denied him the opportunity to fight for victory in the closing laps at the Thailand MotoGP.

With Quartararo finishing as leading Yamaha in three of the past fives races, de﷽spite being slightly handicapped by fewer maximum R✨PM, it has led to Vinales paying credit to the Frencꦜh rider and is eager to see if he can learn anything from Quartararo’s setup and riding style with the M1 after team-mate Valentino Rossi was spotted following the French rider during practice at the Chang Int🍸ernational Circuit.

“He is doing a really good job and is understanding the bike very well and is riding superbly,” Vinales said after the Thailand MotoGP. “We have to understand how he rides because we can improve a lot on the bik♚e and we will see.

“They [Petronas Yamaha] did a great job and I think they made a better setup than us so we need to understand what they did well and try to i⛎mprove in Japan.

“I like Motegi a lot, it is a track that I always like to push at to b🐈e fast. It will b💖e good because it is a track where normally I am really fast.

“Last year it was a difficult race when I was at a point where I di🍌dn’t feel good with the bike but now I feel incredible with th🐈e bike, I can push so much for a good lap time, so we will see.”

Vinales remains the leading Yamaha in the overall MotoGP world championship having moved ♋up to fourth place in the standings thanks to his podium in Buriram.

The Spanish rider has an 18-point gap over team-mate Rossi while Quar💜tararo is a further two points behind t🎀he nine-time world champion with four rounds to go.