Maverick Vinales heads into the second MotoGP race at the Losail International Circuit as the favour🐽ite after his dominant race one ⭕victory. 

The Spanish rider will be aiming to leave Qatar with fifty points from 🀅a possible fifty ahead of Portimao, a circuit where all Yamaha riders except Franco Morbidelli struggled at last season. 

That is part of why Vinales is keen to compete at other circuits before confirming that the 2021 M1 can 🀅be a t🦩itle challenging package. 

Speaking ahead of the second🦋 Qatar Grand Prix, Vinales said he has ‘no doubt’ about the bike’s potential, b✨ut doesn’t want to get carried away. 

"There is no doubt, for ꦇsure I am full of confidence but we stay calm and not get too enthusiastic too early because we know that we need to work," added Vinales. 

"There will be tracks where we 🎉need to be faster than usual and to push more because it will be difficult for the bike. 

"But there is no doubt, I’m fully confident in the bike I have, so we need to wait and see and just to face it. Now we are concentrated on the second Qatar ꧙GP." 

Vinales and team-mate Fabio Quartararo started last weekend’s race second and third but were ove🉐rtaken by three Ducatis including Jorge Martin who started on the fifth row. 

With Ducati emploꦚying their front and rear start de♏vice, Vinales called their launch ‘fantastic’ and is hoping Yamaha brings their front start device as soon as possible. 

🐼"At least I think the start was good. The numbers were good, but our competit♌ors were fantastic," said Vinales.

"I cannot do more with what we have. For sure we will tr🦂y to improve or at least make another improvement this weekend. 

"We can see that the front start dev⭕ice made a huge difference because the Ducatis are starting much faster than last year. 

"We will try to make that improvement. I thi♐nk Yamaha is working hard to have it as it is possible but I'm pissed off because it complicates the ra🐼ce and it is different. 

"When you start from the front,💖 you can have, not an e𝄹asier race but you can control much more the tyres. We are obligated to improve that area."