Barcelona MotoGP: race 'in the trash' after poor start - Vinales
Maverick Vinales says his Barcelona MotoGP race was "in the trash" after one lap, as the Yamaha rider's start woes continue
Despite Vinales vowing to try a new formation lap procedure that involved putting more temperature into his tyres for Sunday's race, the Spaniard again had a poor getaway and struggled in the early stages.
He lost six positions at the start as he dropped to 10th, bur eventually finished sixth after recovering ground late-on.
"[It's] amazing - I don't know what to do anymore," Vinales said.
"I copied the same start that I did during the practices but the others started much faster and then I got into a wheelie and everyone overtook me.
"Honestly, [on the] first lap of the race is to put it in the trash and it's like this because then I was riding as fast as the top guys.
"[I had a] nice battle with Johann [Zarco], but I don't think it's the place to be. We have to be in front, at least close to Valentino [Rossi, who finished third] so there is a lot of work to do."
Vinales urged Yamaha to "give me the possibility to start well", as he did while he was with Suzuki in 2016.
"It seems to be [I am] the only Yamaha that has problems, I really don't understand.
"Anyway, 2016 I did great starts always with the other manufacturer [Suzuki] so they [Yamaha] need to give me the possibility to start well and then for sure [it's] going to be another race."
"For sure [the new procedure] helped," he said. "I was in much better condition in the beginning - at least in the braking area I could brake much better.
"But still with full tank for me it is impossible to ride the bike, I just go very wide everywhere and slide a lot on the tyres.
"In the first lap [there] was no turning on the bike, I just went behind Cal [Crutchlow] and it was amazing how bad we were going.
"Anyway after some laps, [it] was better and finally I could get sixth - but not the result I expect."
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