Racing for the first time since his Qatar heroics, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales couldn't repeat his podium charge during the Spanish MotoGP Sprint, but he did again emergeꦉ as the top non-Ducati rider.

After battling through Q1 for a second cꦫonsecutive event, Vinalesꦏ matched his Qatar grid slot with sixth in qualifying, then claimed seventh at the end of the 12-lap Sprint.

Fabio Quartararo’s early crash meant Vinales was best of the rest after an all-Desmose🌞dici top six.

Although 7.8s behind race winner Marc Marquez, Vinales finished in the wheeltracks of another GP25 rider, Fabio di Giannantonio, while comfortably fending off the top Aprilia of Marco Bezzecch𝔍i and leading Honda of Joan Mir.

The next best KTM rider, Pedro Acos🍃ta, was almost five sꩲeconds adrift of Vinales.

“The day has been really positive for us,” said Vinales, who kicked off S🃏aturday with second place to Marc Marquez in final practice.

“This morning I had one of my best sessions since joining K꧂TM. The bike balance,🐬 the front and rear grip - everything was there.

“This afternoon, with the hot temperature and lower🐓 grip, it was more difficult to stop and turn the bike. I wasn’t able to follow in the first few laps, but then the lap times came back.”

A key factor compared to Q🐷atar was the rising heat꧒ at Jerez, rather than falling temperatures as the sun went down at Lusail.

“With the hot temperature, the grip went down and it was a bit more tricky to stop the bik♊e, to turn and I wasn't able to follow the others for the first 4 laps,” he said.

Nonetheless, he was setting lap times close to th💎e leaders by the closing stages of the Sprint.

“We must be happy. This is the way of progress. I was catching di Giann♛antonio towards the end - maybe with more laps we could have done even more.”

More laps is exactly what Vinales will have on Sunday, when the race distance is🅺 doubled for the full grand prix.

Despite some riders, including team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini, suggesting the KTM can feel ‘nervous’, Vinale♉s feels the opposite: “Coming from Aprilia, the KTM feels more stable for❀ me.”

However, he warned there’s still work to do: “Two points we must improve for the future are ♉vibrations and closi꧃ng the corner when I release the front brake. If we focus on those, we’ll make a big step.”

Work o𒊎n both those areas will take place in Monday's post-race test, before which Tech3 K🎃TM Team Manager Nicolas Goyon set the following goals for Sunday: “We’re confident he can aim for a top five.”

Bastianiniꦆ, meanwhile𒆙, finished only 14th in the Sprint.

Goyon said: “Enea Bastianini is 🍎sadly still struggling with the one lap, and the story is always different from P18 on the grid.

“He did an OK sprint today withꦆ P14, but everyone wants more, including himself, and I am sure that he will look for a strong performance on the long distance."