Maverick Viñales believes the two-day test at Jerez proves he has the tools to win the 2019 title; “I've never been fast with the MotoGP [bike] here, and this year I could keep really good lap times.”
Maverick Viñales sounds a good deal more upbeat than team-mate Valentino Rossi regarding one of Yamaha’s new engines, stating its tyre management is strong.
Yamaha’s MotoGP Managing Director Lin Jarvis tells Crash.net the factory is “far from out of the woods,” despite a recent upturn in results; reveals there will be changes “within our organisation.”
“There will be other changes within our organization [for 2019], and surely in the way that we try to fix problems … We will have more engineers and new engineers, but I can’t say where” – Lin Jarvis
Maverick Viñales describes the first day of free practice as “more positive than I expect … “I’m happy the bike works in three completely different tracks.”