Mav🦄erick Vinales says grip woes on his Aprilia MotoGP bike in the Thailand Grand Prix sprint have made him “a bit afraid even to be on tไhe bike” on Sunday.

The Spaniard qualified his RS-GP 10th on the grid on Saturday, but dropped like a stone in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:the 13-lap sprint as he ended up 20th.

Overall it was a difficult race for♛ Aprilia, with its best 𝄹runner Raul Fernandez of Trackhouse in 14th.

Vinales says the bike has “very low grip” and is particularly worried about even being able to stay on his ♕Aprilia in t🐈he grand prix if he has to race with the hard rear option.

“To be honest, we have no feeling on the bike,” a dejected Vinales ꧋to🌟ld the media, including ltxcn.top, on Saturday.

“We ha♓ve very low grip. I’m really worried for tomorrꦓow because if we have to do the race on the hard rear tyre, it’s going to be tough to be even on the bike.

“So, let’s see. I’m concerned that it’s a tough weekend, but we will🐼 try to do the best tom⛎orrow.”

Asked by ltxcn.top 🃏where he is losing grip, Vinales replied: “It’s everywhere. We can do nothing.

“We try to move the bike. Somehow this bik൲e is not working💖 on this track.

“We have another chance tomorrow, but with the hard/medium I’m a bit afraid, to be honest, e𒀰ven to be on the bike.”

Grip issues have been a problem for April♐ia for much of the season now and Vinales says the Italian marque has turned its bike upside down to find a solution, but to no avail.

“I mean, we are understanding,” he added.

“It’s pretty tough also for the team. Last year 💞was pretty different because the grip was not bad.

“You arrive this year, you have zero grip. There is not much to do on the bike. You have the same bike as the beginning of the year,ℱ we try to go shorter, longer, swi🐷ngarm, wheels, front, back - it doesn’t change too much.

“I think it is the bike. It’s not working.”

Heat concerns present at Buriram

The Aprilia has also struggled to dissipate heat at sweltering races in recent years, something that was an issue for a battered and bruised A🍃leix Espargaro on his way to 15th in the Thailand sprint.

“I’m a little bit rigid, I have some pain in the neck dueꦇ to the crash,” Espar🦩garo said.

“Has been a tough race, because I have🔜 been really tired after the crash and the neck pain, and the bike throws a lot of heat. So, it was a very difficꦜult race.

“It’s [the♓ heat issue] really similar and it has been really, really tough. Today was jus⛄t 13 laps, so tomorrow will be difficult. But it is what it is.”

Vinales says it was “better than expected” on his bike, but says this was due to the cloud cover, while the Spaniard also wasn’t figℱhting in the middle of the pack like his team-mate wa൩s.