Vinales feels he had podium pace in Misano MotoGP

The nine-time MotoGP race winner scored his best result since joining Aprilia in last weekend’s Misano race, with Vinales coming from 19th to narrowly be beaten by team-mate Aleix Espargaro eighth.

But Vinales insists he could have cracked the top three for the first time on the RS-GP but for losing “a minimum 10 to 15 seconds” picking his way through traffic on the opening laps…