Maverick Vinales ‘every day one step closer’ to Pedro Acosta on KTM MotoGP bike

Spaniard feels his adaptation is going well

Maverick Vinales, Tech3 KTM, 2025 Buriram MotoGP test
Maverick Vinales, Tech3 KTM, 2025 Buriram MotoGP test
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Tech3 rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales feels the MotoGP pre-season showed he was “every day one step closer to the top KTM”, which was 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta.

KTM has had a mixed pre-season, with its true form hard to read given its extensive testing programme at Sepang and Buriraꦡm.

Concerns have also been raised about its potential over a race distance, with♏ its riders spotted having severe tyre wear issues during long runs at the Buriram test.

But last year’s rookie sensation Acosta was still able to end the Bur✨iram test fourth ove꧟rall and was KTM’s top rider at the Sepang test in sixth.

Vinales appeared to make a signifi𝕴cant step o✨n the final day of testing, putting his Tech3-run RC16 ninth on the combined standings.

“Well, the adaptation is good,” he told MotoGP’s Afte♍r the Flag on the last day of the Buriram test.

“We are every🔜 🥃day one step closer to the top KTM. It’s not easy, for sure.

“It’s a very dജifferentཧ way of riding the bike. But, however, the progression is there.

“So, every tim🐼e I fe⛦el better and better on the bike.

“Today we worked on a long sprint simulation and then in the afternoon I did two flying laps to understand a little bit better theꦰ bike.”

Vinales added that the Buriram test was more positive than the🦩 opening one at Sepang because he “had enough time to understand the bike more and more♕”.

“I’m more satisfied after this test than in the previous one,” he said, “because in t♚his test I had enough time to understand the bike more and m♏ore.

“So, this allowed me to ride faster. There is a l༺ot of motivation inside the team, the team works 🃏in a very good way especially in trying the correct things.

“We tried always to stay very focused on what we need to 🌱improve and I th💝ink the first races will be an adaptation.

🍨“So, I need to be patient and k♈eep believing in the process.”

Vinales has not se𓃲t any targets for his first season on the KTM in 2025, but could make history thi🌞s year by becoming the first rider to win grands prix for four different manufacturers.

He 𝓀made history by becoming the first in the modern era to win for three different manufacturers, taking his Aprilia to the top step of the podium in America to🌸 add to his successes with Suzuki and Yamaha.

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