Vinales “the happiest man in the world” after Aprilia MotoGP podium breakthrough

On the Monday after finishing second at the 2021 Dutch GP, Vinales announced he would be quitting Yamaha a year into his two-year contract and was heavily linked to Aprilia.

At the 2022 Dutch GP last weekend, Vinales scored his first MotoGP podium as an Aprilia rider and his first since the 2021 Assen race having come from 11th on the grid.

Vinales in recent races has started to show…