23 at Suzuki, 1 at Yamaha𒊎, and then 16 at Aprilia.

That’s the number of MotoGP races it took 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales to stand on the podium with each of h⭕is previous manufacturers.

The only rider in the MotoGP era to win on three different brands of bike kicks off his quest for KTM suc💫cess with an RC16 race debut in this weekend’s Buriram season opener.

“I’ll try to [adapt] faster than in Aprilia to beꦆ honest, it took a lot of time to learn the bike!” Vinales smiled.

“I’ve 𝐆always felt since the first laps that the [KTM] is suitable for my riding style.

“The bike has good potential so we will try to understand and fiဣnd the max𒁏imum from it.”

Maverick Vinales at KTM: “Trust the process”

Winter testing yielded 12th, 16th and 9th places on the timesheets at the end of the respective Barcelon🌜a, Sepang and꧙ Buriram outings.

“We had a good pre-season, but it will take time to fully understand ಌhow to exploit the KTM,” Vinales said.

“We made some important steps in the 🐠initial phase, but for sure the learning will continue while racing, and we have to ac💛cept it, trust the process.

“Starting the season in Thailand will be nice, different, and I love the passion Thai fan🏅s always bring to the track.

“It 🎀provid🦩es extra motivation to race in front of them, so I think it will be a great opening round.”

Another novelty for Vinales is tha♋t, after ten years at factory MotoGP teams, Thailand will be his first grand prix weekend as a satellite rider.

“[Last] year the cha🤪mpionship was won by a satellite team,” he shr൩ugged, referring to Jorge Martin’s title victory for Pramac Ducati.

“In t💝he previous years, in another era, maybe [being in a factory team was more important], but now ✃the bikes are the same.

“My feeling with the team is good and the support is there fromඣ the factory alsᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo.”

Tech3 predecessor Pedro Acosta scored the most podiums of any KTM rider last year and came within t﷽wo points of beating factory team leader Brad Binder for fifth in the world championship.

The Austrian manufacturer insists there will again be no factory/satellite divide in 2025, when Acosta w🃏ill partner Binder and fellow MotoGP race winner Enea Bastianini completes Tech3’s line-up alongside Vinales.

“The ambience is good,” said Vinales. “We [𓆏the four KTM riders] all work - and this is the feeling I have - for one mission. This is very important.”

Free practice for the Thai Grꦜand Prix, where Vinales qualified tenth last October, then finished seventh in the wet race, starts on Friday morning.