corners and I said, 'Okay, I want to go
for it.' But then I got to turn nine where
it was raining a lot, and without braking
the bike was going right-le -right-le .
I thought, 'If I manage to arrive at the
box like this, that in itself would be
great.' I did arrive there at the perfect
me, but then I almost wanted to go
into Bas anini's box before pulling into
my own box. Then I almost took Maver-
ick's bike, it was a mess! But to take a
podium in these circumstances is amaz-
ing. I never expected it in these mixed
condi ons. I don't really care about
the lead in the championship, because
there are 14 more races to go."
MYOWNRACE
12 MAVERICK VINALES
10TH MOTOGP
"Today it was very clear that, if we
had dry condi ons, I would have had
the opportunity to win the race," said
Maverick Vinales. "I started well from
second place and took the lead. I felt
incredible on the bike. I hadn't had
that feeling since the Qatar GP, and I
understood very well in that moment
that I could win the race. But then
a er two laps it started to rain, and I
just lost my concentra on because I
was so disappointed. I made a mistake
and went wide, and I lost too much
me. I was very slow for two laps and I
couldn't do anything."
VOLUME 58 ISSUE 20 MAY 18, 2021 P63
Briefly...
MILLER DOUBLES UP
You know what they say: wait 1773
days—or 82 races—after your first
MotoGP win for your second and then
two come along (nearly) at once. Jack
Miller experienced just that, taking
his second win in as many weeks
with a consummate display of cool,
wet-weather riding. The Australian
was challenging in the dry and coolly
picked off Fabio Quartararo in the
wet despite serving a double long-lap
penalty for speeding in pit lane when
switching bikes ("the old French speed
traps get me all the time"). Miller's
wet-weather skills have long been
known. "For me, I push quite hard in
these conditions," he explained after
the race. "As you've seen in the past
and also this weekend I crash quite
