Vinales was first seen wearing a ‘Batman’-like costume in the cool-down room after finishing second to reigning Mo🀅toGP champion Francesco Bagnai🐟a.

Vinales then walked out to the podium with the outfit on before explaining the meaning behind it in the post-r♊ace press con♋ference. 

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“It’s a joke with the team,” said Vinales. “They bet with me about going to the podium twice and without two X’s (refers to not finishing) but 🅰I did it. 

“The background with that is the syner💫gy we have in the team and between both sides of the garage. 

“We also try to enjoy ourselves and it’s f💧antastic. I’m just trying to becoཧme what I want to become.”

Like in the sprint, Vinales was a contender for victory before being bea♉ten by a Ducati.

On Saturday it was Jorge Ma⭕rtin who got the better of the Aprilia rider, before Bagnaia d🎀id the same during the closing stages of Sunday’s main race.. 

Speaking about Martin, who held a three second lead prior to crashing out, Vinales said: “He was vಞery fast in the beginning. Maybe I could follow him for five-six laps but I knew that I wouldn’t arrive to the last-lap of the race. 

“I just tried to control [the pace], the rear tyre and rear t💙emperature becau𓄧se Saturday I had a huge drop. 

“I needed to make a ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚcontrolled race the whole time and luckily I started well. I had ไa lot of room to work well on the gas. 

“It’s something we struggled with here but we don’t usu🍬ally struggle with. But I’m very proud of the job we are doing. Of course, I want to win badly ✅but it will arrive. It’s a matter of time.”

In terms of winning, Vinales is still without victory for the Italian brand although he came 𒈔within a few tenths of making that a reality.

Vinales is yet to win with Aprilia although he came withi♋n a few tenth📖s of changing that during Sunday’s race.  

But while he appeared to have more pace than Bagnaia at some stages, Vinales felt as though the championship leader was controlling the ga﷽p.

“He was under control,” stated Vinales. “Maybe too much in the last-lap 🅰[laughs]. But he was controlling. I don’t kno💜w. 

“The only thing I was t🐷hinking because I saw ♍Fabio [Quartararo] recover one second in one lap, was that if I made a mistake he would overtake me and then I wouldn’t have the chance to overtake him again.”