168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro credited Aprilia's teamwork, including trackside observations and video analysis by Matteo Baiocco, for a dramatic turnaround on Saturday at the Austrian MotoGP.

Espargaro qualified a surprise fourt💮h just a day after starting the weekend in last💫 place, after two falls, in Friday practice.

The Spaniar🎶d then turned his strong grid position into a podium in the Sprint race, as the top non-Ducati, at one of his and the RS-GP’s worst circuits.

“It's probably one of the best Satur🐠days of my career,” Espargaro said༺ afterwards.

But how did it happen?

“It’s tea🐎mwork. We did a go𝕴od job, especially with Antonio [Jimenez, crew chief],” Espargaro explained. 

“We changed qui🤡te a lot the bike. We moved the weight of the rider back a bit.

"And I changed the first chi﷽cane. Instead of first ge🧜ar, second gear. Because I saw many videos with Baiocco.”

While many ex-racers such as Baiocco - a former World Superbike and Aprilia MotoGP test rider - have carved out careers as rider coaches, the Italian, 40, stands out by alꦉso condu𓃲cting the team’s video analysis.

According to Esp🌳argaro, it’s a formidable combinat♓ion.

“Matteo is probably one of the most important people in𒆙 my team, sincerely,” Espargaro said. “The last three years, how he grew up, how he helped - I guess Maverick [also] - but how we work togethღer with the starts, with the videos.

“It's amazing what he can see on track. Somet♚imes I say, ‘It's impossible!’

“I believe in him a lot. If he says, ‘Touch this white line’, I go out to the white line. If I crash, I crash. Because it’s amazing what he can see. So it's probably part of🐬 this success.”

All MotoGP manufacturers use video analysis, such as overlaying footage of their riders through a particular part of a track with images of other bikes, to help identify strengths and w🌱eaknesses.

The exact forms of analysis used and what data they can extra👍ct from picture, video and sound recordings of others remain highly secretive. But it’s reached such a high level that the open sharing of GPS data has been agreed between all teams from 2027.

In otherඣ words, it’s acknowledged that exchanging GPS data is just a cheaper and easier way to gathe𝄹r the same information already available via complex video analysis.

“Everything in MotoGP is super tight now,” continued three-time MotoGP winner Espargaro. “☂The level is super high. We are flying already from FP1. So all the small details help.

“Doing data analysis - it's not just video, but also tﷺhe💜 telemetry - it's amazing what they can do now with the technology. You cannot imagine. It's crazy!

“And apart from t⛎hat, on the human side, Matteo Baiocco is o🎉n another level.

“ꩲHe 🌄goes on track and he can see in one session all the gears that everybody is using. He sees things that are unbelievable.

“Sometimes, I say to Jorge [Martin], ‘You’re the only on🅘e doing this corner in third gear’.  And he will say to me, ‘How do you know? Even some of my mates at Ducati, who have my data, don't know!'

“I say, 'Because Baiocco saw it!’ So we have a very strong team in Aprilia and it helpsಌ.”

Martin, currently fighting Francesco Bagnaia fo⛎r the 2024 title, will m🧔ove from Pramac Ducati and take over Espargaro’s seat at Aprilia next season, when the 35-year-old will retire and switch to test and wild-card duties for Honda.