Portimao MotoGP: Maverick Vinales: ‘stewards need to work hard’, turn three ‘a bas***d - Marco Bezzecchi

After a chaotic MotoGP Sprint race which saw incidents involving 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Luca Marini and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini following contact at turn five, and Joan Mir crashing out after hitting 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo, the biggest accident of all came during Sunday’s Grand Pr🔯ix.
On lap three of the race 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez made a huge mistake under braking as he first made contact with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s leg, before hitting 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira and knocking the ho🏅me favourite o♋ff his RNF Aprilia.
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A sickening crash, Marquez was quick to check on Oliveira before going to see the former KTM rider during the ra�𝔍�ce.
Turn three, 🅺which almost caused other incidents throughout the weꦓekend, is a place where these types of errors can happen, according to Vinales who claimed second behind Francesco Bagnaia.
"From my perspective, I braked quite hard and d♐eep on that corner," started Vinales. "I saw that Marc was trying to ove♏rtake Jorge - somehow I couldn’t see all the action but it can happen in turn three.
"Yesterday I was quite strong in turn three with Aleix and a few other riders, but it’s the most difficult point to overtake if you are riding in the 1m 38s and all the ride🎃rs are fast.
"It’s quite complicated to overtake and t༒he contact is quite possib💦le. The stewards need to work very hard this year, [especially] with the Sprint, I think."
Marco Bezzecchi, who was also behind the accident at the time, was another rider that spoke about the crash during the post-race press ♚conference following his💛 P3 finish.
Bezzecchi said: "Honestly, I didn’t really understand where they braked or nothing b൩ecause I was not close enough. But I saw Marc because his colours are easier to see, he’s orange and red, so I saw him shaking a little bit and I said ‘no! It’s going to be difficult’ [to make the corner].
"But this corner is very bastard because you just braked five metres later and you unsettle the bike and you don’t stop. It's a shame when you have theꦫse group crashes but it can happen."
Vinales confident first MotoGP win with Aprilia will come
Although a mov𒐪e for the l𝓀ead never materialised during the race, Vinales was able to pressure Bagnaia for large parts.
The Spanish ri💫der put together one of his better rides since joining Aprilia, similar to that of Silverstone last season, as he remains in search of his first win since ꧑2021.
And although Argentina is up next, the scene of Aprilia’s maiden MotoGP win with Aleix Espargaro last season, Vinales is not putting pressure on himself to acꦅhieve the same result.
Asked about his chances heading into the Argentine Grand Prix, Vinales added: "I♚ have been quite strong in Argentina over the years, but I don’t know. I don’t wan💦t to put anything in my head.
"I will go there, do th🤡e job and take the maximum of the bike. What I’m sure of is that if we take the maximum from the weekend then we will be fighting in the front."