MotoGP, Maverick Viñales Aprilia: “I feel like I’m in the right place and in the right conditions, I haven’t felt like that for a long time”

It was with the Top Gun cut that Maverick Viñales participated in the open-air presentation of the official Aprilia troops gathered together like never before on the Portimao track. This will open tomorrow the last two days of testing of the off-season before launching a 2023 season which will be a leap into the unknown, due to the new Grand Prix format. But the Spaniard is ready to take flight with his RS-GP 2023 fighter plane and especially since in Noale, everything has been done to ensure that it is in the best possible conditions. A feeling of comfort and security that saves Maverick tenths.

Maverick Vinales will it be taken seriously in this 2023 MotoGP season? This year he will attack his second full season in the RS-GP. But listening to him it will be his very first where everything is exactly in place as he likes, from things to people… “ I have so much confidence in what they are doing that I didn't ask anything about the bike » comments the Spaniard who specifies what was essential this winter for him: “ I only asked one thing: that Manu Cazeaux work with me. That was my only request. After the Valencia tests at the end of the season, I was happy with the bike. I was fast straight away and it was clear the bike was ready. Then, in winter, I went to the Noale factory several times, spoke to the engineers and they explained to me what they had done ».

He also knows that Aprilia is expected around the corner. There will no longer be any surprise effect regarding the performance of Noale's machine... Which is an additional pressure because, on the contrary, a disappointment in the face of the now high expectations of the status of challenger of the fortress Ducati would be unwelcome: we are expected to fight for the title. This is what everyone imagines, to see if what we did last year was a coincidence or if the work done will lead us to reconfirm ourselves », knows the 'Top Gun'. “ We are calm, we know our level and we know that every time the bike has been competitive, we have fought to win ».

Maverick Vinales: “ I think I'm in the right situation for the first time in seven years« 

Maverick Vinales also discusses what will be the big event MotoGP this year, which could turn everything upside down: the sprint event “ it's before all a mental change and the departure becomes even more important. You'll have to be up front from the first lap, so one of the key things we did in Sepang testing was to improve my starts ».

And he ends: “ I think I'm in the right situation for the first time in seven years. This is an important year to exploit my full potential. I feel like I'm in the right place and in the right conditions. I haven't felt like this in a long time. If we work hard we'll be there I can't wait to get started, the break has been refreshing but now I just want to get back on track! ". That's all the bad we wish him.