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

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

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

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: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 l𝓰ine in a dist🐷ant 19th and last.

Vinales w♊as 37.642s behind 🌄race winner Marc Marquez over the 11-laps, meaning he lost an average of 3.422s per lap to the Gresini Ducati rider.

The Spaniard later described the low grip cond🐎itions 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't much grip, but I do🐻n't understand why the tyres didn't work as they should have. 

"It was like riding in the wet.”

Espargaro and Vinales began the weekend in second and third, behind only Marquez, during Friday practi♔ce🧸.

B🃏ut when the ‘dirty’ rain arrived overnight, it washed away their hopes.

“Thꦐe dirty track and the extremely low traction demonstrꦡated how our bike is still too dependent on grip conditions,” said Aprilia technical director Romano Albesiano.

“We did demonstrate outsta⛄nding speed in practice, but with precarious grip conditions, we struggled.”

Trackhouse rider Miguel Oliveira finished as the only A🅰prilia in the top ten, in fifth, but was still some 11.7s behind Marquez.

“Oliveira had the best per𒈔formance, managing to adapt well and interpret tra༒ck 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 arrived to 𝓡soak the new Aragon asphalt ahead of Sunday warm-up, bringing more dirt.

The track then dried, but all riders will also need ꧒to switch from the soft to medium compound rear tyre for the 22-lap grand prix.

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