Vinales can’t «comprehend» Aprilia’s disappearing MotoGP practice pace
Maverick Vinales has conceded he can’t «comprehend» how Aprilia goes from running at the front in Friday practice to being 10 seconds off the pace over the course of a MotoGP race weekend. Since Vinales’s emphatic victory in the Americas Grand Prix in April, Aprilia is yet to add another podium finish to its tally […]
Tech3 «will have two number ones» in Vinales, Bastianini in MotoGP 2025
Tech3 KTM team boss Herve Poncharal says fielding Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini will see him have «two number ones» for the 2025 MotoGP season. As first reported by Motorsport.com last week, KTM announced it had signed Bastianini from Ducati and Vinales from Aprilia to join the Tech3 satellite squad next year. This comes as […]
Vinales makes Tech3 KTM MotoGP switch alongside Bastianini for 2025
As revealed by Motorsport.com on Wednesday, the Spaniard will end his three-year stint with Aprilia, which has yielded one grand prix victory in Austin this year and a total of seven podium finishes. He will join the structure currently managed by Tech3 and KTM’s parent company Pierer Mobility Group, which currently competes under the GasGas […]
Maverick Vinales set for KTM MotoGP switch
The Spaniard will bring the curtain down to his three-year stint with Aprilia, which has so far yielded one grand prix victory in Austin this year and a total of seven podium finishes. He will join the structure currently managed in tandem by Tech3 and KTM’s parent company Pierer Mobility group, the team which currently […]
Vinales denies 2025 Aprilia deal done amid “open doors” on MotoGP grid
The 10-time grand prix winner has been with Aprilia since the latter half of the 2021 campaign, following his acrimonious split with Yamaha that year, and has become a firm favourite with management. Aprilia’s faith in Vinales paid off earlier this year in America when he scored his first grand prix win with the Italian […]
Aprilia must “be smart” to avoid Barcelona MotoGP expectations after 2023
The sixth round of the 2024 campaign takes place this weekend at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and is expected to be a strong hunting ground for Aprilia. This is because of Aleix Espargaro’s run to victories in the sprint and the grand prix last year at the venue, while Maverick Vinales was second in the […]
Vinales clutch issue had Aprilia “worried” ahead of Americas MotoGP fightback
Vinales scored his first grand prix win since 2021 last Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas, having taken victory in the sprint and also qualified on pole. Previously leading from start to finish in the sprint, Vinales didn’t get the best of launches in the grand prix and was bumped down to 11th after contact […]
How Vinales finally banished his Yamaha MotoGP demons
Maverick Vinales’ MotoGP career has so far run for 163 rounds since he made his debut with Suzuki in 2015. In that time he has taken 10 grand prix wins, which equates to a winning average of just 6.135% — or one per season, with the Spaniard now in his 10th in the premier class. […]
Aprilia analysis of Vinales Portugal crash revealed «human problem»
The Spaniard scored a first win for Aprilia since joining the marque in 2021 in the sprint race three weeks ago in Portugal and was a factor in the fight for victory in the grand prix. But a worsening gearbox issue, while he was running in second, led to him slowing down onto the final […]