Empty-handed at the Thai season opener, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales scored his first MotoGP points as a KTM rid🦩er with twelfth place in Argentina.

The Spaniard had only gained one position from 19t✤h on ꦑthe grid in the Saturday Sprint but, boosted by a ‘better base’ and 11th place in the warm-up, made swift progress in the grand prix.

Vinales reached 15th by lap 5, was handed 14th by a long lap penalty for Raul Fernandez, then picked off Fermin Aldeguer an𒉰d Jack Miller to finish in 13th, 0.7s behind Yamaha’s Alex Rins.

That later became twelfth place when Ai Ogura w🔥as disqualified.

"It has been an important weekend for us,” said former Suzuki, Yamaha and Aprilia race winner Vinales. “We꧒ did not start as we wanted, but we recovered a lot of information that has brought us to a better feeling overall."

Vinales' best grand prix lap was only 0.2s slower than he had done in the half-distanceꦇ Sprint.

“I rode much better than [the Sprint], and it gav🐬e me extra motivation for the n🌠ext round," he said.

"I think that we found a way to go, and I felt much more com🌳fortable on the bike, so I am looking forward to the n𒀰ext round."

Tech3 Team Manager: "A decent result"

Team manager Nicolas Goyon praised Vinales’ fightback but admitted t🤪here’s still work to do.

"Maverick pr🐽oduced a great effort with aܫ P13 finish from 19th on the grid.

“It is of course not what we are targeting, but it is a decent result, especially th🦹at it seems that Maverick found a better base on the bike this morning, which was confirmed in the race. This is what we are looking for.”

The next round at COTA was the scene of Vinales’ per🧔fect weekend for Aprilia last🍎 year.

Bastianini Battles Back After Early Crash

Meanwhile, team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini, who salvaged ninth on his Tech3 debut at Buriram, wasn’t able to exploit his📖 tyre-saving skills a🎶fter falling in early contact with Fernandez.

The Italian re-joinꦉed 12 seconds behind last place before eventually overtaking rookie Somkiat Chantra for 18th in the closing 🐲laps.

"My race finished early unfortunate🐈ly after Raul Fernandez pushed me out in T9 as he arrived too fast, and I crashed,🅰 which was a great shame because I took a strong start, already fighting for 13th after one lap,” Bastianini said.

“I got u﷽p to re-join the race, to take the experience and see how my feeling was, even if I was mis꧟sing the wing on the left side.

“Our pace was good today despite the strange sensation without one wing. Tyres dropped a lot in the final l𓄧aps, bu𒉰t I pushed a lot in the middle as I gave everything to come back.

“In the end, we made the gap, and at least I did not finish ♐last, but it was just an unfortunate race for us."

Factory KTM riders Brad B🗹inder and Pedro Acosta were the top RC16s over the finish line, in seventh and eighth places but 14 seconds adrift of winner Marc Marquezꦆ (Ducati).