The only rider to defeat Ducati on a Sunday this season, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales swaps Aprilia 💜for KTM with his RC16 de🐼but at Tuesday’s Barcelona test.

A ten-time MotoGP winner across Suzuki, Yamaha and Aprili꧙a machinery, Vinales signed off his RS-GP career with a forgettable 15th place at Barcelona on Sunday.

🉐The Spaniard - who won the Portimao Sprint then took a double victory at COTA early in the season - explained that fitting the hard rear tyre had been his undoing:

“We didn't make the correct choice on the tyre, especially the rear… There 🐈is nothing else to say.

“Obviously, there🌊 are many things to improve but I leave it ജto the next guys.

“Just accept the result and move on. Very excited for the ne🐟xt step.”

That ‘next step’ will see Vinales join the Tech3 KTM team, where he will aim to become the first rider 𝓀to win on four different brands of MotoGP machine.

But while Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder moved ahead of Vinales to finish best-ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ🐻⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚof-the-rest behind an all-Ducati title top four, KTM hasn’t won a MotoGP race since Thailand 2022 and didn’t even win a Sprint this season.

“I think it's a beautiful challenge,” Vinales said of his new chapt⭕er in orange. “Obviously, it will be not easy. It's a very different bike. But I think it’s mu😼ch more suitable for my riding style, this will be a plus.

“But in any case there is a lot of work to do and I never tried the bike so I can't say nothing. But looking at t꧟he results, obviously, if💖 you want to battle who we know we need to battle [Ducati], you need to improve.”

Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola, who signed Vinales from Yama💯ha to join Aleix Espargaro, said:

“An important chapter is coming to a close with Maverick who provided a 𒀰significant contribution to the growth of our bike.

“It’s the end of an era with Aleix, a rider who represented an example of courage a♔nd perseverance for all.”

With Espargaro retiring and V✱inales departing, newly crowned Pramac Ducati champion Jorge Martin and VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi will form the all-new factory Aprilia line-up in 2025.