168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro credited Aprilia's teamwork, including trackside observations and video analysis by Matteo Baiocco, for a dramatic turnaround on Saturday at the Austrian MotoGP.

🎐Espargaro qualified a surprise fourth just a day after starting the weekend in last place, after two falls, in Friday practice.

The Spa𝓀niard then turned his strong grid position into a podium in the Sprint race, as the top non-Ducati, at one of his and the RS-GP’s worst circuits.

“It's proba🅰bly one of the best Saturdays of my careꦦer,” Espargaro said afterwards.

But how did it happen?

“It’s teamwork. We did a good job, espec🦩ially with Antonio [Jimenez, c🀅rew chief],” Espargaro explained. 

“We cha꧙nged quite a lot the 🐭bike. We moved the weight of the rider back a bit.

"And I changed the fꦅirst chicane🍰. Instead of first gear, second gear. Because I saw many videos with Baiocco.”

While many ex-racers such as Baiocco - a former World Superbike and Aprilia MotoGP test rider - have carved out careers as rider coaches, the Italian, 40, stands out by also conducting the team’s vide🔜o analysis.

According to Espargaro, it’s a 🏅formidable combination.

“Matteo is probably one of the most important people in my team, sincerely,” Espargaro said. “The last three years, how he grew up, how he helped - I guess Mavericౠk [also] - but how we work together with the starts, with the videos.

“It's amazing🐻 what he can see on track. Sometimes I say, ‘It's impossible!’

“I believe in him a 𝓡lot. If he says, ‘Touch this white line’, I go out to the white line. If I crash, I crash. Because it’s amazing what he can see. So it's probably part of this success.”

All MotoGP manufactu🦋rers use video analysis, such as overlaying footage of their riders through a particular part of a track with images of other bikes, to help identify strengths and weaknesses.

Th𓃲e exact forms of analysis used and what data they can extract from picture, video and sound recordings of others remain highly secr🐲etive. But it’s reached such a high level that the open sharing of GPS data has been agreed between all teams from 2027.

In other words, it’s acknowledged that exchanging GPS data is just a cheaper aꦆnd easier way to gather the same information already available via complex video analysis.

“Everything in MotoGP is super tight now,” continued three-time MotoGP winner Esparga𓆏ro. “The level is super high. We are flying already fro♛m FP1. So all the small details help.

“Doing data analysis - it's not just video, ꦜbut also the telemetry - it's amazing wh꧒at they can do now with the technology. You cannot imagine. It's crazy!

“And apart from that, on the human side, Matteo Baiocco ♌isꦡ on another level.

“He goes on tr꧒ack and he𒁏 can see in one session all the gears that everybody is using. He sees things that are unbelievable.

“Sometimes, I say to Jorge [Martin], ‘You’re the only one doing this corner in third gear’.  And he will say to me, ‘How do you know? Even some of my mates at Ducati, who have my data, don't k🏅now!'

“I say, 'Because Bai🤡occo saw it!’ So we have a very s🍷trong team in Aprilia and it helps.”

Martin, currently fighting Francesco Bagnaia for the 2024 title, will move from Pramac Ducati and ꧒take over Esp⛦argaro’s seat at Aprilia next season, when the 35-year-old will retire and switch to test and wild-card duties for Honda.