The 2025 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix delivered the first major surprise of the season, as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales put KTM in the victory fight.

He finished second, but was demoted to 14th after the flag because of a 16-second time penalty incurred for breaching front tyre pressure rules, but, in battling with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia at the fr🐎ont of the race, Vinales – who still has the most recent non-Ducati win at the 2024 Grand Prix of the Americas over a year ago – had become the first non-Ducati ri꧋der to challenge the Bologna bikes this year.

“You overtake better with this bike, no,” Qatar Grand Prix winner and championship leader Marquez – who originally thought Vinales was the f𒁏actory team’s Pedro Acosta – asked the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Tech3 KTM rider after the race in the cooldown room, as revealed by the latest episode of MotoGP.com’s Unheard series.

“It’s a lot easier,⭕” was Vinales’ simple response.

“It’s twice as fast. Look how fast it goes!”

Vinales added that “you can brake really late” with🍸 the KTM, although “it doesn’t turn well,” but the Spaniard later said that the KTM is the fastest bike he’s ridden in MotoGP.

“T💙he KTM is really fast in the straight,” he sa൲id. “It’s unbelievable.”

Vinales – who previously rode for Suzuki, Yamaha, and Aprilia in MotoGP – added: “It’s the first time I’ve had a ꧑fast bike.”

Bagnaia noticed something else about the KTM, that it’s꧟ aerodynamics make it difficult to follow.

“It’s really hard to b☂e behind a KTM,” the Ita🅰lian said.

“It creates loads of turbulence.

“When you’re behind a KTM there’s a lot of m꧟ovement.”