Maverick Vinales has reitꦇerated the importance of maintaining Yamaha’s strong qualifying record this seasℱon due to the M1’s vulnerability during early laps in the pack.

Vinales gave his 2020 MotoGP title hopes an i🅺mp💙ortant shot in the arm last time out at Misano with his first win of the season, while the Yamaha factory rider also has the best qualifying form of 2020 so far with three pole positions in the last four races.

Though his pole-to-win success rate has fluctuated, Vinales accepts it is especially important for him to get his Saturdays righ💖t because the Yamaha - with its focus on corner speed over straight-line performa♒nce - puts it at a disadvantage if left mired in the pack.

“Our main priority is to sౠtart on the front row because you can take the lead,” he said. “Sometimes we struggle - in the last race maybe I was able to close the gap to Pecco [Bagnaia] but I don’t know i♏f I was able to overtake.

“It is always difficult to overtake, especially on tracks that don’t have two or three corners in a row to prepare the overtaking but𒁃 now I am focusing on the strong points of the bike, which I used to overtake Jack [Miller] on the first lap, so I am understanding the bike. 

“If you have a bad qualifying it is hard to gain room to make the pass on riders, so I want to concentꦬrate on sectors two and three to see where we can overtake and be strong.”

Just one point behind leade🐓r Andrea Dovizioso following his Misano win, Vinales says he is waiting in anticipation for the next few rounds in Le Mans, Aragon and Valencia which 🍌he believes will see him come on strong.

“The championship will be open until the last two races so we will see, we will try to be smart and consis♈tent and to keep buildingꦬ and growing. 

“We need to build another good weekend, then we have tracks that I love - Le Mans, Aragon and Valencia. Montmelo is for me a track we need to take the maximum.”