12 MAVERICK VINALES
5TH MOTOGP
"I'm happy. It's been a very posi ve
race," Vinales said. "For sure, when you
start there, from the second row, it's
difficult. You are figh ng with every-
one, and I just lost too much me. On
the first lap I lost three-four seconds,
which is what we missed to be at the
front. But at the end of the day, I think
we were riding fast. In the middle of
the race, we had a good pace, and I
was managing the res quite well, but
then I arrived behind Mir. I couldn't
overtake and I was too slow. Anyway,
this weekend has been posi ve."
MYOWNRACE
44 POL ESPARGARO
DNF MOTOGP
"We are having a tough me, we
crashed in the race. We chose the hard
re which was the best re given the
condi ons that we saw today but we
are struggling with grip, and we are
losing me from this. It was a frustrat-
ing race, but we need to keep posi ve
and keep working. We need to turn the
situa on around, there's s ll over half
the championship to go. Tomorrow
there's a test and we are looking for
big solu ons."
MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 7 / JUNE 4-6, 2021
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA / MONTMELO, SPAIN
P74
Zarco (5) putting the
screws to Oliveira on the
final lap. He came up a
mere 0.175 seconds short
of his first MotoGP win.
