Maverick Vinales remains “on a mission with KTM” and ༒“fully focused on this project” amid speculation over the Austrian manufacturer’s MotoGP future🐻 and search for new investors by his Tech3 team.

KTM’s future has been secured after Bajaj🐷 Auto took a controlling stake in return for injecting the €800m needed to pay off creditors.

In terms of its MotoGP involvement, KTM 𒀰- like the other manufacturers - has a MotoGP contract until the end of 2026, but it remains to be seen if the same level of invo🍰lvement in multiple classes - and backing of the satellite Tech3 team - will continue next year.

As such, Tech3 boss Herve Poncharal 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:is in talks with𝔍 several potential inve𒁃stors, including ex-F1 team manager Guenther Steiner.

Vinales, who bounced back from a tough British Grand Prix to be third𒐪 fastest behind the Marquez brothers during Friday practice at Aragon, maintains that the off-🐻track uncertainty isn’t a distraction.

“I think from our side, there are no doubts. We are fully focused on this project and we are aiming to make it a success with KTM,” said Vinales, a MotoGP race winner foﷺr Suzuki, Yamaha and Aprilia.

“My head is on a mission with KTM and to make it happe🗹n in this factory.”

KTM is the only manufacturer without an official podium finish this season, after Vinales was stripped of second pꦆlace in Qatar by a tyre pressure penalty.

But - Silverstone🎐 aside - he’s been a frequent rostrum contender ever since Lusail ඣand feels he’s in with another shot at Aragon.

“At the moment, on paper, 🌞our potential is to fight from 3rd-6th. Even though I think we 🌟are not far from Alex [Marquez, in second].

“I alwa𝄹ys said to my guys, we only need 0.1-0.15s! This is nothing. Stay calm, work and with consistency we are going to get it.”

Vinales was on🎃e of three RC16s to make it directly through to Qualifying 2.

💛“It’s one of the Fridays that KTM can be more positive,” said Vinales.

“With the used medium tyre👍 the bike was way better to riꦓde.

“But when I put the new soft rear the behaviour of the front is always to slightly [understeer] and it is so🌠 hard to be precise in Sectors 1, 2 and 3.

“Sector 4 I think we are quite ཧstrong. But 1-3 where you have to put corner speed, it’s tough on the time attack. So pro🌟bably the set-up is a bit unbalanced.

“But with the used medium, I feဣlt really good potential.”

Meanwhile, the dusty grid means that starting nearer the front is not an auto🌌matic advantage.

“We really need to give the maximum, use every inch of the track in qualifying and put the bike at least on the second ♒row,” Vinales said.

“If I can st🌼art 4th then it’s the best position I can get. With a clean ♌track and our bike starts really fast.”

Team-mate Enea Bastianini was again l💝ast of the KTMs but a better than usual 13th.

Factory🌠 duo Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder were fifth anf seventh fastest.