The only satisfaction that Maverick Viñales will have drawn from this Malaysian Grand Prix is that its end will have been the signal for a return home. The overseas campaign as a whole was a great disappointment for the Aprilia troops, the culmination of which was the end of Aleix Espargaró's title hopes. Noale's men return to Europe with their heads down with the unpleasant impression of having inexplicably returned to their starting point. The Top Gun, fatalist, gives his feeling…
Maverick Vinales had won on a Yamaha at Sepang in 2019, but he finished his first Malaysian Grand Prix on the Aprilia RS-GP outside the points. Nothing went as hoped for the Spaniard but also for the brand and this escapade at Sepang was of the same order as the three other exotic races which did not succeed at the Noale mark. However, Viñales was still happy about one thing… “ We're going home, I'm happy. The season was long and difficult. Now is the time to go home, recover and come back stronger », declared the father of 27 years.
Then he analyzes the succession of disappointments experienced: “ It's hard to find an explanation, we can only trust the results and these make us understand that we must work. The situation must be analyzed, understood and used to improve. VSIt's only my first full year with the Aprilia. I rode a motorcycle that had already been made. You have to work very hard this winter to find more performance, of course, but at the same time time to adapt the bike a little more to my riding style. I think this way we can offer a better season in 2023. But that's normal. The grip is not really good, I don't feel comfortable and I can't tell the difference with my driving style. This is why such results are completely normal », assured the nine-time MotoGP winner after his 16th place.
Maverick Vinales: “ of course we don't like results like that and all that blah blah blah«
A job for next year Maverick Vinales would like to start from the next Valencia Grand Prix, the last of the 2022 campaign: “ I asked the team if they had anything else to try. I told myself that right now I'd rather try things than run. So I prefer to test different things to understand the path », specified the factory driver Aprilia. " We have no hold, the time has come to understand which is the right direction ».
« As a team we have to keep working hard, we have to push and believe in ourselves. That's all », summarized Maverick Vinales which ends: “ Of course it's difficult, of course we don't like results like that and all that blah blah blah, but we just have to work to get stronger. It was nothing, so we must come back stronger ».
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