Jorge Martin issued warning about ‘DNA’ of Aprilia

Jorge Martin tipped off about the 'weak point' of the Aprili🤡a

Jorge Martin, Maverick Vinales, Tissot sprint race, Grand Prix of the Americas, 13 April
Jorge Martin, Maverick Vinales, Tissot sprint race, Grand Prix of the Americas, 13 April

Jorge Martin has been reminded that he must adjust to a different ‘DNA’ when he switches toꦡ Aprilia.

Pramac rider Ma🃏rtin has the opportunity to take the #1 plate from Du🌟cati to Aprilia next year.

He missed out on a🦩 promotion to the factory Ducati squꩲad so chose to sign for their Italian rivals.

But, he will come up against a major adjustment.

Current Aprilia rider Maverick Vinales made a compari𒁏son: “[Ducati] do the corners in less metres.

“This is one𝔍 characteristic of our bike✃. We need to be more smooth.

“They are more sharp🍃. In a 180 degree corner, you come back comple🐈tely, they make a difference.

“It feels that you lose on acceleration but in reality you lose in the metres to the corner. That is our ꦓweak point.”

TNT💞 Sports’ Neil Hodgson added: “Great description. He’s got a bird’s eye view, spending a whole race battling with Ducatis. It is diffi⭕cult for the Aprilia riders.

“At Ducati you can 🌼point and squirt it more - you can attack the corner more, so 🎐you can be faster and gain time.

“But the Ducati - believe it or not, turns well. It was always the ༺Achilles’ Heel of the Ducati.

“At the key point of the corner, it tu𒅌rns more, then you fire it out.

“[Vinales] has to use more🗹 sweeping lines so he can’t brake as late.

“You’v🌟e got to go around, then you get blocked by a Ducati in the middle of the corner who i🧸s slightly faster.

“You are on the edge of the tyre more, onℱ the Aprilia. It’🐲s what he’s fighting with.”

Sylvain Guintoli 🅘replied: “It’s part of the DNA of the bike. It’s like this at every track.

“At some tracks it is an advantage. The Aprilia goes around long corners re✤ally well.

“The stop-and-go? The Ducati does it better.”

Martin, this yea🎐r on the GP24 Ducati, slipped to second in the MotoGP championship last weekend at the Sachsenring when he fell 𒈔out of the lead of the grand prix.

He is 10 points behind new leader, andꦏ reigning champion, Pecco Bagnaia.

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