Maverick Vinales: “Race pace, we are right there” | Aleix Espargaro: “Fastest I've been since Qatar”

Aprilia𓄧 team-mates make a stro𒅌ng start to the French MotoGP at Le Mans.

Maverick Vinales, 2024 French MotoGP
Maverick Vinales, 2024 French MotoGP

Aprilia team-mates 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro put in a strong combined performance with fourth and seventh places during Friday practice for the French MotoGP.

Vinales, who identified an issue with his spare bike after a disappoint♉ing Sunday at Jerez, was delighted to be so close to the top despite some front locking - which he sees as an obvious area of improvement on Saturday.

“The feeling with the front tyre wasn’t fantastic, but I was able to be fast anyway⭕. In terms of race pace, we are right there,” said Vinales, who also lapped just 0.269s from Ducati pacesetter Jorge Martin on his time attack.

“During my time attack, a yellow flag kept me from improving my time, but I was still extremely close. I’m confident that we’♚ll take a step forward tomorrow. I’m sure I can battle against the Ducatis.”

Aleix Espargaro, 2024 French MotoGP
Aleix Espargaro, 2024 French MotoGP

Es꧒pargaro meanwhile rediscovered the kind of speed he h🌳ad shown at the Qatar season opener.

“After Qatar, this is the track where I’ve been the fastest,” he said. “❀I feel extremely good with the b𓂃ike.

“I made a small mistake during my ti𝄹me attack in that I went long on turn 9 and lost a couple tenths of a second.

“The feeling is betဣter than I expected here. I have been fast and competitive from the start. I really enjoyed today.

“After the Jerez test, we t🧜ried to lower my body position on the bike and it’s better on the brakes.”

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