Just 13th in the Saturday Sprint, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales turned the tables on team-mate Aleix Espargaro to finish as the top Aprilia rider in the Sunday Austrian MotoGP.

But seventh place, behind five Duca😼tis and a KTM, underlined the need for better🌞 braking performance on the RS-GP.

Specifically, Vinales feels he is losing out under straight-line ꦯbraking and that the Aprilia’s r🐈ear downforce could be a factor.

The Spaniard believes the Ducati is 💧loading the front tyre much more aggressively, stoppie style, when its riders hit the brakes.

“In this kin♏d of t🤡rack, where brakes are everything, we are struggling a little bit,” Vinales said.

“We have so🐠me areas where we were very strong and we know we need to improve the braking areas, especiaꦇlly with the bike straight.”

He 🧸added: “I think it depends on how you load the front tyre, so probably still we are not loading in a correct way.

“If yo🌊u can see Ducatis, they are all the time really loose on the rear. So they 𝔉can make a stoppie really easy, going to the brakes.

“And it looks like our bike, when you brake, the downforce is ⭕pushing all the time to the ground, not doing the transfer [to the🐼 front]. So we are trying to understand if that is the problem.

“[In warm-up] I was trying to really make the bike transfer everything to the front and lift the rear 🃏and it was impossible. So now we need to understand how to load the front tyre because I think that is the key.”

Fortunately for Aprilia, this weekend’s Aragon round will be less critical for straight-line braking. Vinales said the priority is to un🍸derstand grip levels on the new surface.

“Aragon is a very unique track where understanding the level of grip will be crucial,” he explained. “With the new asphalt we will have to assess the conditions 👍carefully.

“I think this is a track where we can do very well. We are highly motivated a🧔nd will give 100%.”

Team-mate Espargaro has proven the RS-GP’s Aragon potential in the past, joining Ducati riders Enea Bastianin𒉰i and Francesco Bagnaia on the 🌠podium at the most recent 2022 event.

Retiring at the end of this season, Espargaro is looking to go out on a h♎igh at o𓆏ne of his favourite tracks.

“It's a track I really like and where I took my first MotoGP podium. This year there's new asphalt, so it will be in💙teresting to discover the new co𓄧nditions,” Espargaro said.

“The prospects are good ♕because the last time we raced here, we finished on the podium wi💃th Aprilia. I'm looking forward to getting on the track and tackling the last Aragón GP of my career.”