Vinales: Now it’s clear where the limits are

Maverick Viñales tries to play down incident with Marc Marquez in qualifying: “If he's trying to wind me up, he won't find anything.”

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After an incident-packed Saturday, Maverick Viñales tried to play down a near-collision with championship rival Marc Marquez in qualifying, but warned, “now it's clear where the limits are.”

Viñales qualified a disappointing eleventh at the Sachsenring, his Yamaha M1 spinning excessively in the wet conditions, impeding him on the exit of the track's numerous tight and twisty corners.

However, it was a coming together with Marquez that had him wagging his finger in the middle of the qualifying shootout. Having passed Marquez at turn two, Viñales soon found the Repsol Honda rider barging past at the following corner.

Viñales had cooled down by the time his scheduled media debrief rolled around. Speaking in English, he offered, “It's something I have in the pocket [memory]. If I have to do it [to him in the future], I'm not going to think. You know, I will do it. Anyway, nothing happened.”

When switching to his native tongue, the 22-year old, gave a little more detail, and claimed Marquez knew exactly what he was doing.

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