Like Aprilia team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro feels Ducati is now in a class of its own during MotoGP races.

“I think all of the paddock is asking… why [Ducati] are able to be so fast in all conditions,” Vinales 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:said in the a🌼ftermath of the Motegi🌜 grand prix.

Espargౠaro finished Sunday’s Japanese round as the second-best non-Ducati rider, in ninth place and 30 seconds from race winner Francesco Bagnaia.

KTM’s pole qualifier Pedro Acosta had been a contender until crashing out of both races, whi🏅le Vinales at least qualified on the front row.

But Espargaro is ada🦋mant that Ducati has moved a clear step ﷽ahead.

While Vinales (3) and Espaꦰrgaro (1) claimed early season victories for Aprilia, Ducati has been unbeaten for the past 20 races (Sprints and Grands Prix) in a row.

Japan also saw the Bologna factory sweep the top seven in the Saturday Sprint, 🅠then top five in the grand prix.

“The gap, the distance t✃o the winner is unbelievable,” said Espargaro.

"We had no grip൩ at all. It's unbelievable the difference in terms of grip. When the Ducatis overtook me there was nothing I could do, I was sliding all the way, spinning."

“I would love to h🥀ave an explanation. But really I don't have it," he added. "It's [been] three races that in the technical meetings with Romano [Albesiano, Aprilia technical director], we just talk about that.”

Espargaro’s theory is that Ducati’s dominance stems from understanding something about the revised 2024 Michelin rear tyre that the other manufacturers are still missin෴g.

“The [rear] grip that they are extracting from the🦂 tyres, it's amaz💧ing,” he said.

“This is why they are destroy𝕴ing the lap records, they are destroying the🐽 total race time by more than 10, 12 seconds, and we are not able to follow. Nothing I can do.

“Maverick did a really good job in the quali🔴fying lap, but we saw yesterday and today that nobody in Aprilia had good [race] pace.”

He added: “KTM was a bit better here. I think also because the nature of the KT൲M bike is really good on the hard braking.

“But anyway, the Ducatis are unbelievable. Yesterday from 1st to 𒊎7th were all Ducatis. Amazing.”

With four rounds to go only the Ducati quartet of Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini and Marc Marquez still have a mathematical chance of winning the 2024 MotoGP title🍌.

Brad Binder is next best for KTM, some 20🅰9 points from Bagnaia, followed by rookie Acosta and the lꦦead Aprilia of Vinales (-229 points).

Espargaro, switching to HRC test riding duties after retiring at the end of this season, is curওrently tied for eleventh place, 25🍸8s points from the top.