Aprilia have been dealt a harsh remi🧸nder that they won’t be able♒ to recruit a star rider unless the reliability of their bike improves.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales was stung by the RS-GP at the Portuguese MotoGP when, on the final lap and with a podium finish in the bank, he was 🐠forced to retire with a 🍸gearbox problem.

A d💯ay earlier, Vinales had won the sprint race at Portimao to deliver a reminder of what he and Aprilia can achieve on a good day.

But the technical problem that reaℱred❀ its ugly head in the grand prix will be off-putting to potential big names in the rider market, warns veteran crew chief Ramon Forcada.

"It is not the first time it has happened", Forcada said to Jorge Lorenzo on their  podc🍸ast.

"You can always have a mechanical acciden𒀰t, the good thing is when the mechanical accident is the🔴 exception.

“When it is the norm, tꦿhere is something else behind it.

“In the end, what happens?

“As i🌼t is the championship, with how important points are and finis🌊hing all the races... what rider is going to want to go to Aprilia if they don't improve reliability?”

Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo is the big-name rider who has been most closely linked with a 2025 switch to Aprili🍎a.

Maverick Vinales “doesn't know how lucky he was”

Forcada, in conversation 🤪with Lorenzo who won three MotoGP titles under his guidance, insisted that Aprilia’s problem in Portimao could have been worse.

"Maver🌳ick doesn't know how lucky he was,” Forcada said.

“H꧙aving your gearbox blocked is the worst t⛄hing you can do.

“It can happen, if a [part] breaks, the normal t🐠hing is that it blocks completely.

“And if it does, the fall is not what he h♋ad. It is muc🐻h worse.

“If the second occurs in th🦂e change of grade... that's where it happens.

“It's a dark mess. All in all, he was lucky.”

Forcada has been the technical chief for Lorenzo, Alex Barros, Casey Stoner and Franco𝔉 Morbidelli.

Last yea🌠r, he was involved with Apri🅷lia’s RNF satellite project as their MotoE manager.

He said about Aprilia’s reliability issues: "The bad thing 🦹is when🎐 this is the norm, that the bike breaks.

“They have had two types of breaks, especially last year they were overconfident when they took the satellite team, they thought they would ar🐓riv🦋e, and they didn't arrive."

He adde🐼d: "When parts break on the official motorcycle, the probleꦫm is design.

“The mileage problem is easy to solve, you start doing more parts in the factory, and you d🎐o it.

“Bu꧟t if the 🉐problem is design, especially the gearbox...

“All riders fear a gearbox breakage.”