Maverick Vinales says “a number o﷽f things became clear” to Aprilia following the recent Misano MotoGP test ahead of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Aprilia has endured a torrid few rounds in MotoGP as the performance of its RS-GP has fallen👍 away compared to its race-winning form earlier in thไe season.

Struggling to 10th with Aleix Espargaro on the low-grip surface at Aragon, the move to a higher-grip Misano🦩 did nothing to boost Aprilia’s fortunes - with it scoring just five points between all four of its riders.

But the post-San Marino GP test allowed Aprilia to pinpoint several issues with i𝕴ts bike - a lack of consistency with the RS-GP’s engine braking being its biggest problem.

“We are starting a new race weekend in Misano, and I think it’s a great opportunity for improvement,” Vinales said ahead of this 𒉰weekend’s Emilia Romagna GP.

“During t﷽he first race and the test, a number of things became clear to us, but now it is up to us to raise the bar.

“We m♍ust give our u🐲tmost in every lap, every race and every session.

“We are focused on taking a step forward; it’s important to us to fi♏nish this weekend on a good note before the races in Asia.

“My men🎉tality is that we must improve, ꦡavoid mistakes and keep fighting.”

He added: “To be honest, the test has been v🍒ery interesting, trying t🐬o understand why we are very fast and in others we are struggling a little bit.

“Seems th🌄at we start t⛄o understand that the biggest issue is on brakes.

“So, we really need to readapt the e🌟ngine braking, trying to be more consistent, be🧸cause as soon as I started to brake well the lap time came very easy. This is something very positive.”

Aleix Espargaro echoed his team-mate’s sentiments, statinꦛg: “The first race in Misano did not go as we had hoped.

“Clearly, the long r🍌ace was affected by the rain, but we were still not as fast as we wanted to be during the weekend.

“During the test, we understood w♎hich direction we needed to go in, so I hope𝄹 we can improve.

“It is a tricky circuit for us, 🅘but we are ready to do our bes𝄹t and fight for the positions that count.”