Maverick Vinales: ‘I have a very unstable bike, it is riding me’

Maverick Vinales says he’s st♑ill🧸 searching for the feeling he had with the 2023 Aprilia MotoGP machine.

Maverick Vinales, Sepang MotoGP test, 8 February
Maverick Vinales, Sepang MotoGP test, 8 February

Aprilia have not set the world alight during the Sepang MotoGP test, and one of the reasons for that is due to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales n💦ot feeling the same way with th𒆙e new RS-GP24 bike as he did last season.

Vinales has still been strong during the Sepang test, but Aprilia have so far not looked like a match for Ducati and the ♔Spaniard feels more testing time is needed.

“I needed one more day or two,” s🐈a♊id Vinales. “More days of testing is always great. I can say that we tried the new bike and we have a clear idea of what we need to do.

“In two weeks we have Qatar which will be a good test for us to understand. Usually Qatar is not the best track to test at because after the 🎃track resurface the grip is amazing, so it will emasculate🃏 the effects of the bikes.

“But it will be important to keep looking for the feeling from Valencia. Still I don’t have it. For me, that is still🔯 the most important.”

Some of Vinale🧜s’ problems with the new bike are down to balance on corner entry, which has resulted in him feeling like the new bike is controlling him, rather than the 🍸other way around.

“On the entry to the corner the balance is stil not great🃏,” stated Vinales. “I have a ver🌊y unstable bike and basically I cannot ride the bike. It is riding me.

“That’s not a good feeling. The good thing is that I know the feeling [I need] from Valencia and the first few laps here wi🧸th the old bike. I ne🐽ed clearly what we need.

“We are alsꦐo working a lot with the aerodynamics to see if this can affect this feeling.”

Aprilia’s new aero package for 2024 has been very extensive which has resulted in Vinale🌠s still needing to test some parts in Qatar.

But that ꩵwill only come when he feels comofrot🐬able with the 2024 bike.

Asked if he’s completed ꧋the aero test program, Vinales saidꦑ: “Not yet because we still have a little bit more which is our job to do in Qatar.

“I want to try th♛e aerodynamics when I feel ꩵthe bike is in the right place. Otherwise I’m not pushing and I cannot push properly.”

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