“The old” Maverick Vinales who “got bullied, threw in the towel” has disappeared
“There was so much hunger, so much determination, so much perseverance - which has been questioned🐷 of him by some in the paddock"

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales has received a wave of praise for the disappearing act of 🔯the former version of himself, who w♔as criticised for conceding defeat too easily.
Vinales became the first rider in MotoGP to win grands prix for three manufacturers at the 💝Circuit of the Americas at the weekend.
His feat was made more impressive because h🔥e sunk from pole position to 11th in the first sector, before battling back to claim a brilliant vicꦬtory.
“It was just one of thoꦜse classic races, we’ll talk about it in 🥃years to come,” Neil Hodgson told TNT Sport.
“The way Maverick came back from that poor start!
“I saw hi🙈m at Turn 1 in 11th and I thought: ‘He’s done’.
“What a ride!
“The initial🔯 start, he let the clutch out, it’s not great🅷.
“At that point, you know it’s not great, so you 🌃have to go defensive instantly.
“Go towards the apex. It𝓀’s a bit dirty, you’re trying to cut off your rivals.
“He did the opposite. He just sat there like a sit🐼ting duck.
“He in🃏vited the pass. He got bullied, pushed out of the way, and that’s why he dropped back.
“I thought his race was over. ✱But he didn’t panic. He trusted hiꦛmself, and he picked them off.
“The passes that didn’t sti🐽ck? The old Maverick would 🍃have got frustrated.
“He’d have ꦯmade a few mi𓆉stakes and finished eighth.
“He ju🦩st stayed calm. The bike looked outstanding.
“The setting he had, his bike could out-brake people. But he could turn. N🌱ormally if your bike is set to brakꩲe late, you lose a bit in turning, but he had a bizarre, weird balance.”
Michael Laverty replied: “Normally it’s a compromise. Either stopping and stability, or turning. But he h🅰ad i🗹t all, in abundance.”
Dorna broadcaster Louis Suddaby analysed: “Many, many times 🌼Vinales wouldn’tꦚ have come back from that.”
Jack Appleyard replied to him: “In 🐻yesteryear, maybe Maverick would have thro🌄wn in the towel and said ‘it’s not my day, how am I going to come back from 11th on the grid?’
“There was so much hunger, so much determination, so mu🍌ch perseverance - which has been questioned of him by som✨e in the paddock and in the media.
“He silenced those critics.”
Vinales’ victory in Texas came 24 hour🅰s 🌌after he also took sprint race glory.
The Aprilia man has w🌞on two sprints in a row, after victory in Portimao too.
Aprilia boss Massimo Rivola has hailed the machinery a🐈s fastest at all three MotoGP rounds of 2024 so fa🔴r.
And Vinales is now impressing, in his 1🍃0th premier class season, with a newfound attitude and confidence to add to his undoubted ta🐼lent.

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