Quartararo "needs to be clever" battling Vinales in Assen MotoGP race

Vinales will start from pole for the first time in 2021 after denying Quartararo by 0.071 seconds in a tight fight between the pair in qualifying at Assen on Saturday. Quartararo appears to have the strongest race pace of the grid and comes into Sunday's race 22 points clear in the championship standings, while his nearest rivals in Ducati trio Francesco Bagnaia, Johann Zarco and Jack Miller start behind him in third, fifth and sixth.