For Viñales, 2019 has been a rocky road – and a lot of it through no fault of his own. The Spaniard has been taken out of contention by other riders in three races this season, with his jump start error in Texas a massive blow as he looked set for a podium charge. However, a superb Dutch GP weekend didn’t end in disappointment and, as you can imagine, the 24-year-old was delighted when speaking to motogo.com.

“Amazing, amazing because I’ve been passing very tough moments, I’ve been knocked out in three races and a jump start in Austin, which is the race I felt most prepared also in Montmelo I think we had the opportunity to fight for the win. Somehow we found a good step for the races. It’s difficult to believe because I thought I couldn’t make this pace because in the warm-up, I was not so bad with used tyres but we missed a little bit of pace. But finally, I was hitting 33s all the time.

“I was very happy, very happy when increased the line. A lot of press went out, bringing Yamaha to the top is something very special, in two years we were the only ones to make the victory (for Yamaha). I have to say congratulations to the team, they worked really well since Mugello. What can I say, it’s something unbelievable.”