Maverick Vinales says KTM must keep “an open mind” coming to the Mot✱oGP Spanish Grand Prix following his surprise ride to the podium in Qatar.

The start to the 2025 season has been well below expectations for KTM, with none of its riders getting close to a podium in the first three roun🎐ds.

Then at the Qatar GP, Tech3’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales stunned when he fought for an 11th MotoGP victory before taking the chequered flag in sec൩ond behind D🅷ucati’s Marc Marquez.

A tyre pressure penalty dropped Vinales to 14th after the race, but KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer 168澳洲5最新开𝓡奖结果:called his rider’s performance “real”.

For the Spanish GP this weekend, other KTM riders say they will look at Vinales’ set-up to try to find more form, while Pedro Acosta will have two 2024 RC16൲s to ride at🅘 Jerez.

Vinales says KTM can’t have “any ideas that limit us” in what it can achieve in the coming rඣaces,꧋ but has also urged patience.

“Obviously we are happy with the result, but happier with the way we are working, with the way we are learning, and especially the understanding we are having with the bike,” he told MꦿotoGP’s Gear Up show on Thursday at Jerez.

“Obviously it൩’s a great way to put fire inside the factory ꦉto really keep working, keep developing, and this is very important for us to keep the motivation.

“We will try, of course [to replicate Qatar].

“💙In Austin I think it was also a weekend to be close to the podium, if not fighting for it, and in Qatar we were ♔fighting for the victory.

“༺We don’t w💜ant to put any ceiling or any ideas that can limit us.

“We need to really have an open min꧅d and an open mentality to keep improving.

“And we need to keep developing o🐽urselves, be♚cause it’s been just four races with KTM.

“So, it’s quite new and it’s a completely different bike, completely different﷽ system and different personalities inside the team.

“So, we must all fit together but I think we are in a good direct🌺ion and all the pieces arꦗe matching into place.”

Vinales has had time to rewa�▨�tch the Qatar race, but still hasn’t let the penalty get in the way of what he feels are more important takeaways from the grand prix.

“It was nice to ജsee again the speed, to see again that I can battle with the big names and especially we see some lights in KTM and this is very important,” he added.

“And we must concentrate on t﷽he correct things, as we are doing.”