Maverick Vinales sends combative warning to Ducati ahead of COTA sprint race
Maverick Vinales signals intention to "fight" Ducatis after 𝓰impressive Friday 🧔at the Americas MotoGP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales has thrown down the gauntlet to the Ducatis ahead of the sprint race at the Americas MotoGP.
Pra🃏mac Ducati’s Jorge Martin smashed the lap record at the Circuit of the A💛mericas on Friday in practice to top the timesheets.
🐬But Aprilia’s i♛n-form Vinales was notably in second-place.
Vinales had gone fastest in the first Friday session wi🦹th a time of 2m 3.294s.
And, last time out inᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Portimao, Vinales won the sprint race. His form a𝐆nd his confidence in Texas now feel ominous.
“We left Portimao fighting fo༒r the top and we started in Austin at the same leve꧒l, or even better,” Vinales reacted to practice.
“That’sও h🍌uge, a fantastic feeling. I’m really happy with the feeling that I have on the track.
“Honestly, to have this flow on the track is ama♚zing. You enj🌠oy it a lot.
“It’s a track where you expect a go🌠od performance.
“There are things to improve, as always.
“But, honestly, I feel on point. I just wanted to go out and do 🔴more time attacks!”
Vinales detailed the ar🦹eas where he can improve with ಞhis Aprilia for Saturday.
“Brakes, especially with the soft tyre,” he said.
“With the medium tyre, I am well set. For the race, I♔ am okay.
“With the soft tyre, there a🔯re a few things to keep working.
“I feel confident. I feel 🌳ready to go. That is important.
“Of course, Ducati will be there. That is clear.
But we can be the guys to fight against them.”
Vinales’ teammate Aleix Espar𒊎garo was sixth in practice, underlining Aprilia’s steadil♛y improving fortunes this season.
But th❀e form of Vinales is particularly significan𝔉t.
“No matteꦗr the track, no matter the section, when I have the balance﷽ on the bike that I like, I am able to be fast,” he warned.
“Another thing🏅 that’s important is that I have recovered my speed o🅷ver one lap.
“Now, I feel ver𝓡y strong over one lap. I just feel in my best moment.
“I will keep working wꩲith this momentum because it’s very important.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football,꧅ไ to F1.