MotoGP Le Mans France Sprint: Maverick Viñales (Aprilia/9) angry: “We can’t afford that”

As the races progress, Noale's firm becomes less and less threatening. Between technical failures, pilot blunders and human errors, Aprilia is no longer progressing and is even experiencing difficult times despite two riders in good shape. Even today, Maverick Viñales plagues. In Jerez, his broken chain in the final moments gave a bitter taste to his weekend and now it is his team that is failing him in qualifying.

During Q2, everything was going well. We felt that Maverick Viñales was fast, proactive and confident for several laps. At the start of his second run, he was broken down at the end of the pitlane. U-turn towards his box to discover a second motorbike… not ready.

 

 

Starting sixth, “Top Gun” failed to convert the attempt and finally finished ninth after an anecdotal race, where he failed to beat his teammate Aleix Espargaro. Saturday evening, he declared: “ I'm not happy with the race at all and I'm very angry. In qualifying, we had a chance to do very well, the bike was perfect and I could have gone for pole or the front row. Instead we had a problem on the bike, I think electronic, we are still investigating, and the second bike was not ready ».

 

By the end of the 2022 season, we were already noticing problems that could impact the overall dynamics of the team.. On this point, Maverick is not mistaken. “ These are mistakes that you pay dearly for in racing because then, starting from the back, everything becomes even more difficult and we cannot express the potential that we have. We need to improve and grow more because we cannot afford these situations».

The bike is fast, which is all the more frustrating. Maverick Vinales can he turn things around tomorrow at the Grand Prix? Tell us in the comments!

Here is the Sprint classification at the 2023 MotoGP French Grand Prix:

 

Classification credit: motogp.com

Cover photo: Michelin Motorsport