Empty-handed at the Thai season opener, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales scored his first MotoGP points as a KTM rideℱr with twelfth place in Argentina.

The Spania𝕴rd had only gained one position from 19th on the grid in the Saturday Sprint but, boosted by a ‘better base’ and 11th place in the warm-up, made swift progress in the grand prix.

Vinales reached 15th by lap 5, was handed 14th by a long lap penalty for R🌠aul Fernandez, then picked off Fermin Aldeguer a𝄹nd Jack Miller to finish in 13th, 0.7s behind Yamaha’s Alex Rins.

That later became twelfth pꦉlace when Ai Ogura was disqualified.

"It has been an important weekend for us,” said former Suzuki, Yamaha and Aprilia race winner Vinales. “We did not start as we wanted, but we recovered a lot of informat🍷ion that has brought us to a better 🍎feeling overall."

Vinales' best grand prix lap was only 0.2s slower than he had done in the♚ half-d𒊎istance Sprint.

“I rode much better than [the Sprint], and it gave me extra mot👍ivation for the next round," he said.

"I think that we found a way to go, and I felt much more comfortable on🌊 the bike, so I am looking forward to the next round."

Tech3 Team Manager: "A decent result"

Team manager Nicolas Goyon praised Vinales’ fightback but admitted there’s s♏till work to do.

"Maverick produced a great effort with a P13 finish from 19th on 🐼the grid.

“It is of course not what we are targeting, but it is ꧃a decent result, especially that it seems that Maverick found a better base on the bike this morning, which was confirmed in the race. This is what we are looking for.”

The next round at COTA was t🌺he scene of Vinales’ perfect weekend for Aprilia last♓ year.

Bastianini Battles Back After Early Crash

Meanwhile, team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini, who salvaged ninth on his Tech3 debut at Buriram, wasn’t able to exploit his tyrꦐe-saving skills after falling in early contact with Fernandez.

The Italian re-joined 12 seconds beh💧ind last place before eventually overtaking rookie Somkiat Chantra for 18th in the closing laps.

"My race finished early unfortunately after Raul Fernandez pushed me out in T9 as he arrived too fast, and I cr♈ashed, which was a great shame because I took a strong start, already fighting for 13th a⛄fter one lap,” Bastianini said.

“I got up to re-join the race, to take t💟he experience𝔍 and see how my feeling was, even if I was missing the wing on the left side.

“Our pace was good today despite th🐠e strange sensation without one wing. Tyres dropped a lot in the final laps, but I pushed a lot in the middle as I gave everything to come back.

“In the end, we made the gap, and at least I did not finish last, but it was ♉just an unfortunate race 🐭for us."

Factory KTM riders Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta were the top RC16s over the finish line, in seventh and eighth places but 14 seco🎐nds adrift of winner Marc Marqueꦍz (Ducati).