Movistar Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales has admitted he used team-mate Valentino Rossi’s settings in yesterday’s Brno MotoGP race in order to help him with the updated chassis first debuted at the Barcelona test.
The young Spaniard eventually snaffled third place away from Rossi after both said they pitted too late as the Czech Republic track dried.
“I think we’ve found the way again. Valentino helped us find it. We tried a set-up very similar to his and we did well, and it was using the same chassis as him,” said Vinales, speaking at Brno.
“I felt very good in the dry, like at the beginning of the year. I increased my confidence and I feel stronger in the title fight. The first laps were hard because it was difficult to get heat in the tyres and I had no feeling. I pitted a little late as well. To reach the podium is a good result, almost like a win.”