168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales came tantalisingly close to another KTM MotoGP pꦚodium in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, before banking hi🌊s best official Tech3 result with fourth place.

Stripped of second at Lusail by a post-race tyre pressure penalty, Vinales rose from seventh to fourth early in the Jere🦋z race, then began chasing down 😼Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo ahead.

💎The Spaniard looked poised to mount a late rostrum challenge, but after repeatedly struggling in the dirty air he opted to hold station for his best Jerez result since 2020.

"We are really happy with today's race, and the weekend ജin general which we have really turned in the right direction," Vinales said. "Especially after being out of Q2 on Friday.

“Today in the racꦜe, I had a really good pace, I was even recovering on Pecco and Fabio Quartararo in the end.

“I was very fast in the fast corners, also on the traction side. So I closed ꦑthe gap to them, but every time I got too close, it was so hard to stop the bike.

“So then I’💎d drop back, the bik🍌e would work well again and I’d catch up. Then I’d get close and have to drop back again. Like elastic!

“When I saw two laps to go, I said, ‘OK Maverick, today y🍸ou need to be satisfied wi💝th 4th position’.”

Vinales took the chequered flag just 3.678s behind race winner Alex Marquez and improved on his 2024 Jerez r🍸ace time, when riding for Aprilia, by over nine seconds.

“Happy to take 4th place for the team and for KTM," he added. "We are working well, we hav𒊎e found a really good base since Argentina. We are building up.

“There will be some tracks where we have higher potential, some less. Also myself. Jerez was one of the least, so I’m quite happy. It🔥’s a long time since I’ve been fourth in Jerez! It’s a re♉ally good result.

“We are in a t🌺otally different position from when we started the championship but there 🐠is more to learn and room to improve.

“Tomorrow during the test, we will focus on details mainly and also try to improve ourselves on the braking. We still need to learn and understand the bike, so we haꦐve plenty of work on Monday!"

Tech3 team manager Nicolas Goyon said:  "A big bravo to Mavericಌk Viñales who has shown good form all weekend, to finish with a 4th p🧸lace today.

“He rode at a very similar pace to the top guys at the front, which is a huge posit🐭ive boost for our project and our packaඣge, so congratulations to him."

Vinales was the first of four KTMs inside the top nine at Jerez, completed by team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini♔, who produced another impressive Sunday comeback fr🉐om 18th.

"We can be happy with our final result especially after the weekend we have hꦦad," Bastianini said. 

"I felt confident in the first part of the race, but the vibrations of the bike in the fast corners were really difficult to manage, and I lost a bit oꦅf the feeling at some point. Still, ꦓI managed to overtake a few riders and I felt much better after."

Like Vinales, the Italian is eyeing Mo🌄nday’s Jerez test as a crucial opportunity to make 🍸a step forward.

"We have an important test tomorrow, we have import⛎ant things to try out to increase our performance so I am looking forward to that," he added. "After that, we will go to Le Mans, one of my favourite tracks and my team’s home round where I want to be competitive, so let’s get the work done tom𒁏orrow!"