Vinales says “time” is now showing why he left Yamaha MotoGP team in 2021

Vinales joined Yamaha for the 2017 season and stayed there until midway through 2021, scoring eight of his nine MotoGP victories with the squad.

As his results slumped following a round one win in Qatar in 2021, the relationship between Vinales and Yamaha had soured irreparably by the time of the Dutch GP – at which he was on pole and finished second.

On the Monday after the…