P1racenews AI automatic summary:
While Maverick Vinales joined his fellow riders in supporting the decision to cancel Sunday’s Australian MotoGP Sprint on safety grounds, he felt they should have done a sighting lap as a final check of the track conditions.
Sunday’s schedule was uncertain due to a forecasted storm, resulting in the main grand prix race being moved to Saturday and the Sprint race being cancelled. The Moto2 race was halted after a rider was blown off track by the strong wind. A Moto2 restart was abandoned, and the Sprint race was cancelled after teams met to assess the worsening conditions. Maverick Vinales, the Aprilia rider, expressed the importance of safety and agreed with the decision to cancel the race. Despite struggling with rear traction in the dry, Vinales was surprised to find that the issue disappeared in the wet conditions. He is now eager to analyze the wet data to better understand the differences between the two conditions.
Source: Crash
