Like Aprilia team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro feels Ducati is now in a class of its own during MotoGP races.

“I think all of the paddock is asking… why [Ducati] are able to be so fast in all conditions,” Vinales 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:said in the afterไmath of the Mot𝓀egi grand prix.

Espargaro finished Sunday’s Japanese round as the second-best non-Ducati rider, in ninth place and 30 seconds from race winner Fওrancesco Bagnaia.

KTM’s pole qualifier Pedro Acosta had been a contender until crashing out of both races, while🦄 Vinales at least qualified on the front row.

But Espargaro is adamant that Ducati has ꦡmoved a clear step ahead.

While Vinales (3) and Espargaro (1) claimed early season victories for Aprilia, Ducati has been unbeaten for the past 20 ꦯraces (Sprints and Grands Prix) in a row.

Japan also saw the Bologna factory sꦿweep the top seven in the Saturday Sprint, then top five in the grand prix.

“The gap, the dist�🔜�ance to the winner is unbelievable,” said Espargaro.

"We had no grip🍰 at all. It's unbelievable the difference🃏 in terms of grip. When the Ducatis overtook me there was nothing I could do, I was sliding all the way, spinning."

“I would love to have an explanation. But really I don't have it," he added. "It's [been] three races that in the technical meetings with Romano [Albesiano, Aprilia technical dir♎ector], we ju💧st talk about that.”

Espargaro’s theory is that Ducati’s dominance stems from understandi🎉ng something about the revised 2024 Michelin rear tyre that the other manufacturers are still missing.

“The [rear] grip that they are extracting from the tyres, it's amazing,” he 🥂said.

“This is why they are destroying the lap records, t💎hey are destroying the total race time by more than 10, 12 seconds🗹, and we are not able to follow. Nothing I can do.

“Maverick did a really good job in the qualifying lap, but we saw yesterday and today that nobody iꦇn Aprilia had good [race] paꦺce.”

He added: “KTM was a bit better here. I think also because the nature of the KTM bike is really good on the h🔯ard braking.

“But anyway, the Ducatis are unbelievable. Yesterday fr⛎om 1st to 7th were all Ducatis. Amazing.”

With four rounds෴ to go only the Ducati quartet of Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini and Marc Marquez still have a mathematical chance of winning the 2024 Mot🍃oGP title.

Brad Binder is next best for K🔴TM, some 209 points from Bagnaia, followed by rookie Acosta and the lead Aprilia of Vinales (-229 points).

Espargaro, switching to HRC test riding duties after retiring at the end of this season, is currently tieཧd for eleventh꧂ place, 258s points from the top.