"There were different factors [t🍸o make the decisionꦯ], one was the timing [in my career] to try another machine and a very competitive one.
"Also I felt a very warm welcome by Massimo [Rivola], which maybe added the extra ingredient to convince me. It'll be gre🥃at to be involved in a new pro🔯ject with a bike that has been very consistent at every race track.
"The late effort to keep me by KTM was supeꦇr fair. We were always transparent with them and they w🔥ere also transparent with me.
“Vinales helped me understand the potential of the [🔯Aprilia] bike because he a𒅌rrived from spending his career on inline engines. That maybe convinced me more than Aleix’s results.”