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2020 MotoGP Season
Portuguese Grand Prix
Round 14
Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
Portimao, Portugal
Sunday, 22 November 2020
Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales will be keen to end the season with a victory at the
Portuguese Grand Prix.
The Spaniard's hopes of winning the MotoGP title were shattered when he finished 10th at the recent Valencian Grand Prix.
Vinales still has a slim chance of securing the runner-up spot if he wins this weekend's Portuguese Grand Prix.
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The 2020 Valencian Grand Prix was won by Yamaha rider Franco Morbidelli as he recorded his third win of the campaign.
Jack Miller of Ducati secured a second spot finish, while KTM rider Pol Espargaro finished third in an entertaining race.
Mir is placed at the top of the 2020 riders' standings and he won the MotoGP world champinship after finishing seventh at the Valencian Grand Prix.
Morbidelli and Suzuki rider Alex Rins are placed second and third respectively.
Vinales is 15 points behind second-placed Morbidelli heading into the Portuguese Grand Prix.
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The 25-year-old congratulated Mir on winning the championship and he admitted that Suzuki were simply better than Yamaha.
“I congratulated him. They [Suzuki and Mir] were really good, really strong. It’s a shame we make a zero," Vinales said.
"But anyway what we showed at the end of the season was we didn’t have anything to fight for the title. “So, honestly I cannot say too much. I just want to congratulate him because he did super-well and that’s it.”
“I think this was the maximum we could do today, For sure, we are far from the other bikes, but anyway I remain positive. I’m doing my job, I try to give the best information I can and now we are thinking to Portimao.”
Suzuki are placed at the top of Manufacturers' Championship standings, but they are level on points with second-placed Ducati (201).
Yamaha are placed third with 188 points with one crucial race left this term.
2012 Portuguese Grand Prix results
Winner: Casey Stoner - Honda
Runner-Up: Jorge Lorenzo - Yamaha
Third-Place: Dani Pedrosa - Honda
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