Aprilia hoped to put the grip misery from a dirty Aragon MotoGP weekend swiftly behind them at their home Misano circuit this wee🅺kend.

But th☂e RS-GPs were left outside the ꦜtop ten in Saturday’s qualifying and the Sprint race.

Maverick Vinales, fifth at the circuit season, crossed the finish line in 11th place, having lost almost one-second a lap to race 🍰winner Jorge Martin (Ducati).

“The feeling we’re having in Misano is quite different from other years,” Vinales 💦said.

“We are struggling. The bike is very inconsistent. One lap, the behaviour of the engine brake works one way, but then the n▨e𒀰xt lap it works different.

“Our comp𝓀etitors are KTM and some Ducati GP23s, and the lap times are not far off. But we need more consistency.”

Vinales was the only Apr♉ilia to make it into Qualifying 2, with team-mate Aleix Espargaro starting 13th. The Spaniard finished in the wheeltracks of Vinales.

“My pace was not that bad🎀. But I couldn’t ov꧙ertake,” Espargaro said. “Apart from that, the four [GP24] Ducatis are flying. To lose ten seconds in a Sprint… There’s nothing more I can do.”

Trackhouse riders Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez finished just 15th andꦐ 17th, respectively.

“I just have no idea why we are struggling this much at this𓂃🔯 track with such high grip,” admitted Oliveira. 

“It does not seem logical in many ways, but it is what it is and it w🦄as a hard Sprint.”

“It was ౠa tough race and overall, quite difficult to understand the situation, not just for me, but also for all the ℱAprilia riders,” added Fernandez.

“We need to🐓 look at why we are slow, it is hard when we cannot work out the lack of pace.

“In the Sprint race, I was there and close to the others in front and then had a battle with Johann (Zarco) and l♔ost two positions – we are just too slow!

“We have to work through the situation and understand why we are not better than w🎃e were 🙈here last year.”

Oliveira and Fernandez🐬 f𓆏inished sixth and eighth in last year’s San Marino MotoGP.

“All Aprilia boys are struggling a lot with the grip and the feeling with the bike,” said Trackhouse tea﷽m manager Wilco Zeelenberg🧔. 

“The positive point is that we have a test on Monday, which will be very important ☂and tomorrow is a new chance to improve.”

Vinales provided hope for Aprilia with fourth in Sunday morning’s warm-up, b൩ut Espargaro was down in 12th and the Trackhouse duo just 1🐟7th and 18th.