Empty-handed at the Thai season opener, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales scored his first MotoGP points as a 🐬KTM rider with💛 twelfth place in Argentina.

The Spaniard🉐 had only gained one position from 19th on the grid in the Saturday Sprint but, boosted by a ‘better base’ and 11th place in the warm-up, made swift pr𒈔ogress in the grand prix.

Vinales reached 15th by lap 5, was handed 14th by a long lap penalty for Raul Fernandez, then picked off Fermin Aldeguer and Jack Mille𒁃r t🅠o finish in 13th, 0.7s behind Yamaha’s Alex Rins.

That later became twelfth place w💎hen Ai Ogura was disqualified.

"It haꦡs been an important weekend for us,” said former Suzuki, Yamaha and Aprilia race winner Vinales. “We did not start as we wanted, but w♊e recovered a lot of information that has brought us to a better feeling overall."

Vinales' best grand prix lap was only 0.2s slower than he had done in the half-distance Spr🎃int.

“I rode much better than [t𝓀he Sprint], and it gave me extra motivation for the next round," he said꧟.

"I think that we found a way to go, and I felt much more comfortable on ♔the bike, so I am looking forward to the next round."

Tech3 Team Manager: "A decent result"

Team manager Nicolas Goyon p🉐raised Vinales’ fightback but admitted there’s still work to do.

"Maverick produced a great𒈔 effort with a P13 finish from 19th on the grid.

“It is of course not what🍌 we are targeting, but it is a decent result, especially that it seems that Maverick found a better base on the bike this morning, which was confi🌞rmed in the race. This is what we are looking for.”

The next round at COTA was the ♔sceneಞ of Vinales’ perfect weekend for Aprilia last year.

Bastianini Battles Back After Early Crash

Meanwhile, team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini, who salvaged ninth on his Tech3 debut at Buriram, wasn’t able to exploit his tyre-saving skills after falling in early contact with Fer🌌nandez.

The Italian re-joined 12 seconds behind last place before eventually overtaking rookie Somkiat Chantra for 18th in the c💜losing laps.

"My race finished early unfortu𝔍nately after Raul Fernandez pushed me out in T9 as he arrived too fast, and I crashed, which was a great shame because I took a strong start, already fightꦿing for 13th after one lap,” Bastianini said.

“I got up to re-join the race, to take the experience and see how my feeling was, even if I was missingღ the wing on the left side.

“Our pace was go𒊎od today despite the strange sensation without o💙ne wing. Tyres dropped a lot in the final laps, but I pushed a lot in the middle as I gave everything to come back.

“In the end, we made the gap, and at least I 💖did not finish las༒t, but it was just an unfortunate race for us."

Factory KTM riders Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta were the top R🎀C16s over✅ the finish line, in seventh and eighth places but 14 seconds adrift of winner Marc Marquez (Ducati).