Maverick Vinales last: “It felt like I was going to crash on every corner”

Maverick Vinales:ꩲ “It felt like I was going to crash on every corner... It was like riding in the wet.”

Maverick Vinales, 2024 Aragon MotoGP
Maverick Vinales, 2024 Aragon MotoGP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales may have avoided the fate of Aprilia team-mate Aleix Espargaro, down and out at Turn 1 of the Aragon MotoGP Sprint. 

But the COTA winner was also left pointless after crossing the finish line in♑ a distant 19th and last.

Vinales was 37.642s be♏hind race winner Marc Marquez over the 11-laps, meaning he lost an average of 3.422s per lap to the Gresini Ducati rid♐er.

The Spaniard later described the low grip conditions as ‘like ✨riding in the wet’ on his RS-GP.

“It felt like I was going to crash on every corner and I couldn't lean all the way into the turns,” Vinales said. “We need to figure out what🦂 changed from Friday.

“The track conditions obviously changed and there wasn'꧒t much grip, but I don't understand why the tyres didn't work as they should have. 

"It was like riding in the wet.”

Es🦄pargaro and Vinales began the weekend in second and thi𝓡rd, behind only Marquez, during Friday practice.

But when the ‘di💦rty’ rain꧙ arrived overnight, it washed away their hopes.

“The dirty track anཧd the extremely low tr🌠action demonstrated how our bike is still too dependent on grip conditions,” said Aprilia technical director Romano Albesiano.

“We did demonstrate outstanding speed in practice, but with precarious grip condition🤡s, w♎e struggled.”

Trackhouse rider Miguel Olജiveira finished as the only Aprilia in the top t♓en, in fifth, but was still some 11.7s behind Marquez.

“Oliveira had the best performance, managing to adapt wellꦺ and interpret track conditions,” Albesiano added.

But he warned: “The long [Sunday] race will likely be difficult, since rain is forecast which will make the track even dirtier♈.”

Rain duly arrive🌌d to soak the new Aragon asphalt ahead of Sunday warm-up, bringing more dirt.

The track then dried, but all riders will also need to switch from the soft to medium compound rear tyre for the 22-lap grand 🍬prix.

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