Maverick Vinales praised for “not letting the other guys bully him”
"Normally, when Maveಌrick gets ruffled he doesn’t fight back" - but Vinal🐬es was "ruthless" in Portimao sprint

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales displayed a rarely-seen aggressive side during his victorious sprint race at the Portuguese MotoGP.
The Aprilia rider became the💃 first MotoGP rider to win with a third manufa🎶cturer (although the record books will disagree, because Saturday’s victory came in a sprint rather than a grand prix).
Vinales entered the P🃏ortimao weekend unwell with gastroenteritis but then qualified behind only Enea Bastianini.
He then claimed glory in Saturday’s sprint, and has been praised f🌠or going toe-to-toe with Marc🎃 Marquez.
“He was ruthless,” TNT S♊ports’ Sylvain Guintoli said about Vinales.
“It was great to see him fight back because, normally, when🐼 Maverick🌊 gets ruffled he doesn’t fight back.
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“He waits, the guy behind attacks him, 🦩and he puts himself⛎ in a vulnerable place.
“But [in the sprint race] this wasn’t the case at all🔯.
“Marquez came past. Vinales was able to come back past, it was a small ⛎mistake from M🅘arquez.
“There was another pass, into🍰 Turn 3, where Vinales came in, released his brake, stuck it up the inside of Marquez.
“It was really aggressive. H𝓀e knew that he had the pace. He was not letting the other guys bully him.”
Vinales reacted on TNT Sports: “It feels amazing, it’s been a long tiꦇme. I never doubted that I’d be back.
“It was a matter of t✤ime to put everythi𝕴ng together.
“I was in a good posiꦕtion to attack in the fꦉirst laps. Then I tried to control.
“I saw that I was closin🌠g the gap to Pecco step by step, so I was just controlling the rear ♍tyre.
“When I got to fifth-pl🧔ace, I𝔉 pushed. I pushed every time.”
Vinalﷺes later added: “In Qatar, I was not pushing the tyres in the correct way. And it's a big dif🐓ference because I can ride better, more sharp and especially I can brake very late, which is one of my qualities. And then pick up the bike very fast. All of that makes that the tyre life longer.
“The Sprint was 🅠pretty fast today [3 sec fastওer than last year]. But the rear tyre didn't go down so I could push.
“Pecco in the beginning was very fast, he took one second away in just two laps. And then I was catching little by little. But he was riding well. So when I see the mistake, I say, ‘OK, if I keep﷽ riding like this, it's gonna be tough for the guys behind to overtake me’.
“At the end, it's amazing to do my first༒ 🅺victory with Aprilia. It's crazy.”
Veteran rider Vinales has previously won MotoGP grands prix with🐎 Suzuꦉki and Yamaha.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footbℱall, to F1.