Phillip Island last overseas "opportunity" for Maverick Vinales and Aprilia?

“We know that our opportunities are Mandalika and Phill𒅌ip Island… The rest I think will be like Japan.”

Maverick Vinales, 2024 Japanese MotoGP
Maverick Vinales, 2024 Japanese MotoGP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales wanted to swiftly turn the page on a sour Japanese MotoGP after a pair of disappointing races at Motegi.

Qualifying a surprise third at the stop-go track, Vi✅nales couldn't deactivate his holeshot device at Turn 1 of the Saturday Sprint, finishing in ninthꦑ place.

But the Spaniard didn’t even see the chequered⛄ flag in the main grand prix, crashing out of eleventh, just behind team-mate Aleix ♚Espargaro, at mid-distance.

ꦫ“I don’t know if the grip level changed or something, but it was the worst session of the weekend in terms of performance and feeling,” Vinales said of t🔯he grand prix.

Espargaro later labelled rearꦰ grip as a ‘nightmare’ but Vinales didn’t even want to dwell on what exactly went wrong.

“The bike is the bike, so we cannot do anything more than trying🦋 to forget this weekend, even though I made some good things [in qualifying].

“We will concentrate on the next one.

“For me, from the overseas [rounds], our opportunities are Mandalika and Phillip Island. They will be the track൩s [for us]. The rest I think will be like Japan.

“So full focus for Phillip Island and try to get back to the good positions.❀”

Mandalika - where Vinales rode from tenth to sixth in the grand prix - and Phillip Island ꧃are both flowing circuits, more naturally suited to the RS-GP.

Phillip Island takes place from October 18-20, followed in consecutive weekends by Buriram and Sepang, where heat from the RS-GP roasted its riders a year a﷽go.

Vinales and Espargaro will then make theirꦚ final Aprilia appearances at the Valencia before switching to Tech3 KTM and Honda test riding dutie💃s, respectively.

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