Through all the tears and emotion, Maverick Viñales came to reflect that, despite missing out on his debut podium in the class, he had finally ridden a MotoGP machine to its full potential during the Grand Prix of Argentina. The 21-year was in inspired form on Sunday, catching and passing Valentino Rossi to sit second in the closing laps, a debut podium and Suzuki's first since 2008 within his grasp. That was until Viñales hit a wet patch at turn one – also the scene of Jorge Lorenzo, Aleix Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow's crashes – three laps from the flag. “I take the wet part with the brake,” he explained, “as I was pushing to get away from Valentino.” Vinales falls from 3rd...
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