Maverick Vinales has become the first MotoGP rider to officially break the new minimum tyre pressure regulations.
Vinales is likely to have been caught out simply because, lining up third but having struggled with his starts all season, Aprilia would not have expected him to be leading all the way from laps 1-19.
The fresh air from leading would have kept Vinales’ tyre pressure lower than if he had been following another machine. However, if Vinales had started with a higher pressure, but then been caught behind other bikes, he would have struggled with a lack of grip from being too far above the minimum.
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