If, in Portimao, on Aleix Espargaró's side of the box, there was jubilation on Sunday at Aprilia, the one next door dedicated to his teammate Maverick Viñales was calmer. Or almost. Because he growled with barely restrained anger from the Top Gun who is starting to get tired of seeing the RS-GP of his elder and Andorran neighbor multiplying the feats of arms while he is still looking for the right direction towards the top of the hierarchy. In Portugal, he was hard on himself, but not only…
Maverick Vinales swears that he evolves in a beneficial atmosphere at Aprilia who anesthetizes his old demons, but with results that match those that his teammate Aleix Espargaró currently displayed, we could better guarantee that naturalness would not come back, one day, at a gallop. In Portimao, at the end of the Portuguese Grand Prix, we heard a speech from Viñales which sounded like other escapees from the recent past under the awning Yamaha .
We thus read Spanish on Todocircuito : “I am very disappointed with this weekend because we had the pace to stay among the leaders. In FP3, unfortunately, we fell asleep and we couldn't go directly to Q2. This complicates everything for you, you can't not go to Q2 when you have a pace like mine. Something is wrong and we need to figure out what it is, work better ».
Maverick Vinales: “ they need to give me a bike that I feel comfortable with«
« I'm not happy with the bike, I'm not confident » adds the official Aprilia. “Aleix has a different riding style, so there is no point in having a direct comparison with him. He manages to get the most out of the bike and I don't, especially with new tires. When I have the right feeling, I will go very quickly, I have no doubt. I don't want to change the way I drive because that's what brought me here and allowed me to win. They have to give me a bike that I feel comfortable with, because in the first laps I don't understand anything, I feel lost. Then I manage to adapt and ride hard, I am at 50% of my true potential ».
« I have to make sure the bike is coming towards me and I can use my riding style. When I go fast the race is already over. You don't need to do a 1'9.7 in the last lap, you need to do it in the first », thunders one Casa Particular in Viñales which will be remembered only at Yamaha , he knew the same performance curve in racing... And he concluded before heading to Jerez and its Spanish Grand Prix scheduled for this weekend: “ seeing Aleix Espargaró on the podium gives us an extra dose of motivation. Unfortunately, it also shows that we are doing something wrong. A place on the podium is impossible for us. Our result is unacceptable ».
Results of the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix at the Algarve International Autodrome in Portimão:
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