[kropotkin thinks...] - Sepang MotoGP Subscriber Notes: Pace Counts, Consistency Coun

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Editor's note: Three back-to-back weekends of Asia-Pacific flyaways have proved to be punishing in terms of disrupted sleep patterns. As a result, I am reverting to writing a brief set of Subscriber notes for Sepang, with a full race report to follow by the end of the day tomorrow.

In these subscriber notes:

• How Maverick Viñales won
• What Marc Márquez coming second means for MotoGP
• Fabio Quartararo's weaknesses, to add to his strengths
• Why it was Dovizioso, not Ducati, that was a problem for Valentino Rossi
• Why Rossi is a problem for Yamaha
• The clashes between Alex Rins and Jack Miller, and Joan Mir and Johann Zarco, whether the punishment fit the crime, and the role the track played
• The future of Johann Zarco

Stability matters

Fabio Quartararo may have got all the headlines at Sepang on Friday and Saturday, but it was obvious to anyone who studied the timesheets that Maverick Viñales had the best pace in practice, and by a significant margin. Viñales' pace in practice was two to three tenths better than anyone else.