While 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales made a dramatic breakthrough with the 2024 Aprilia in Portimao, Trackhouse rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Miguel Oliveira felt he is still taki𝔉ng ‘baby steps’ w𒐪ith the factory-spec machine.

After a tough pre-season and opening Qatar round, Vinales romped to a Sprint victory in Port෴imao and was on course for a grand prix podium until hitting gearbox pr෴oblems.

The Spaniard’s last lap exit left team-mate Aleix Espargaro, who had shone on the 2024 RS-GP until Portimao, as the t💧op Aprilia in eighth place, 1.5s clear of Oliveira.

“Real baby steps!” said Oliv💞eira, when asked if he w🔯as progressing with the factory-spec bike. “Would have liked something bigger.”

The Portuguese, who crossed the finish line 24s behind race winner Jorge Martin (Pram♓ac Ducati), added: 

“The feeling I have is good. I'm fully adap♑ted to the Aprilia riding style and everything, but just the bike is not working as it should do and it's quite frustrating. But we need t🌳o keep working and try to find a way.”

While Espargaro has something of a unique riding style, Vinales’ Portimao breakthrough could provide vital clues for🧔 Oliveira.

“Luckily we had an Aprilia winning the🐼 Sprint which can allow us to compare the data,” Oliveira had said on Saturday evening.

Although admitting Vinales is “for sure” a much closer match in terms of physical size and riding style, the five-time KTM MotoGP race wi😼nner was quick to credit the #12:

“It's not only the [data] comparison, Mav✤erick is riding very well. He is effortlessly riding quite good, doing really nice pick-ups [out of the corners] and seems not to have so much trouble to go in fast into♔ the corners.

“I think🎐 he just clicked with the bike and ther🌞e’s no coming back! I think he found the sweet spot for him and it's working. We are not there yet. I think we are 95% there, but 5% now in MotoGP is a huge difference.”

The speed of V෴inales’ turnaround, after barely breaking into the top ten in Qatar, also highlighted how quickly things can ch꧃ange in MotoGP.

“We know this is the category. One day you can 🍎be deep in the mud, the other day you can be completely 𝓀refreshed,” Oliveira said. “And this is it, you know. We have to keep fighting, persisting and trying to find a way with the team.”

Oliveira will continue searching for the s🍒weet spot on his 2024 RS-GP at the Trackhouse team’s home COTA round, this weekend.

Team-mate Rau🌃l Fernandez, thওe only Aprilia rider now on the 2023 spec bike, is still seeking his first points of the year.