Maverick Vinales predicted his barnstorming performance moments before the Qatar MotoGP, his team boss has revealed.

The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Tech3 KTM rider, from sixth on the grid, incre𝔍dibly overtook both factory Ducatis, Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Ma♍rquez, then claimed the race lead from Franco Morbidelli.

Vinales thought his P2 finish was 💖KTM’s first - and much-needed - podium of the year buꦇt he was demoted to 14th due to a tyre pressure penalty.

His unexpected s𒈔urge last Sunday in Qatar was, however, predicted by the man hꦑimself.

“Maverick was ꧅unbelievable,” Tech3 KTM boss Herve Poncharal told TNT Sports in Qatꩲar.

“He has such ꦅa passion for his job, for riding a motorcycle.

“He is acting and behaving like a teenager who is ridin🍃g for the very first time! Full of happiness, enthusiꦦasm!

“He told meꦐ: ‘I’ll do something tonight, believe me…’

“When I saw him pass the two red bikes and, at some♔ stage, break 🐻away a bit? I couldn’t believe it.

“It’s a long time that we hadn’t felt that.

“The whole Red💃 Bull KTM project needed it. I don’t want to say what happen🌟ed in the winter.

“Vinales has shown the other three ride🥃rs that tꦿhey can do it.

“Davide Tardozzi came to see me in parc ferme and to🅺ld me ‘we 🥀need other manufacturers to push us to make the championship more interesting’.”

Maverick Vinales ‘golden opportunity lost’

A day earlier, on Saturday in Qatar, Vinales had qualified in sixth. But he drably finished the sprint race 10th, eradicating the quiet confidenc🧸e within the Tech3 KTM box.

But they knew their rider had more in the tank.

“It came from hard work during the winter,” Poncha💙ral said about Vinales’ Sunday ef♕forts.

“In Texas w🍎e were fast but unfortunately, ꦇin the sprint and the main race, we were hampered by a problem.

“But we k🃏new Maverick was getting more comfortable on the bike, more competitive with the front guys.

“We had a good qualifying [in Qatar]. Straight to Q2 for the second time i꧑n a row, sixth on the grid.

“So it doesn’t come from nowhere. In the sprint we made the choice to go with soft tyres which w🍌as a disaster.

“But we knew that w🐬e could finish in the top five.

“Honestly, I said to myself: ‘This was a golden oppಞortunity lo𓆏st’.”

Maverick Vinales ‘not the kind of rider…’

Poncharal had already exclusive🔥ly told mahbx.com about the buoyant reaction of Vinales after his tyre pressure penalty which lifted his♛ entire team.

Poncharal insists that the MotoGP veteran has impressed with hi🌸s childlike enthusiasm since joining from Aprilia.

“At some stage, when you’re a top rider, you know that🅺 you’re a top rider,” Poncharal said.

“It becomes a job. You care about your image, yoꦍu care about your salary, about who’s lo💎oking after your bike.

“The feeling I have so far, Maverick is just like a rookie jo🥀ining the championship.

“He has so much passion, he just wa♕nts to 𝔍ride. Even though we had some problems, he always smiles.

“He is not the kind of rider - and 𓃲I’ve had a few of them - who co💝me back into the box and destroy everything.

“He is a♊n incredibly nice young man. I was with him, his wife and his two daughters - he isn’t somebody who is blase, he is enjoying life personally and professionally.

“He loves KTM, he says that he has some orange blood! He remembers 🎐winning the Moto3 title and how Pit Beirer treated him.”

Tech3 KTM 2025 bike?

The Tech3 KTM team benefit from factory support.

But identifying whether their bike൩ is a 2025 or 2024 vers𒐪ion is not as straightforward as it seems.

“It is 💯a ‘24.🍬something! Or a ‘25 minus something,” Poncharal said.

“It is very difficult. Yoℱu saw Ducati had the ‘25 but went back to the ‘24 plus something.

“The bike is last year’s bike with some minor impro📖vements.

“The engines ✅are frozen, the chassis you can play ♐with a bit.

“It’s last year’s bike w�🧜�ith a few things that hopefully makes it better. It is better.”