Maverick Vinales crashed out of yesterday's Valencia MotoGP finale after having to radically alter his riding style to accommodate an electronics glitch affecting his Movistar Yamaha.

The Spaniard's M1 was cutting power in third gear and then, when he shifted to fourth, it was surging so Vinales had to change to make up for it and eventually it caught him out.

“I was pushing, I was giving my best but when I react I was over the handlebar. Anyway, I’m quite happy because I got a problem with the electronics and looks like there was no anti-wheeling and the traction control was working and the not working, so the first six laps was like a nightmare for me," said Vinales, speaking at Valencia.

“Everyone was overtaking me on the straight because the bike there was without power, zero power, so I was losing a lot, like one second every lap, but then I start to think what I can do so I was like no full gas all the track and was just half gas to try to at least not get the wheelie and the bike don’t stop. When I understand that, I start to ride faster and faster and faster, I just think the crash is a consequence of that.

“I needed to push so much to recover all I lost on the straights but it was nice to feel strong on wet. Because the races I go on wet it was really bad, I could never ride, but today I could ride the bike.”