Vinales expects nervousness at Ducati in 2024
“I’m not surprised it went so well and I’m amused by how much he’ll make his teammates nervous“. As Maverick Viñales – as reported by the Spanish newspaper AS – commented on his compatriot’s debut Marc Marquez riding the Ducati in the Valencia tests.
The eight-time world champion finished in fourth position 171 thousandths by Maverick Vinales who was the fastest on the day which sent the world championship paddock definitively on holiday, which will meet as usual in February in Sepang in Malaysia for the shakedown and the first winter test session of 2024. About the prototype 2024, Vinales at the microphones of motogp.com has drawn up the wish list for the next RS-GP: “We tried different aerodynamic configurations and different swingarms. The goal is to have a bike with which to brake later and, above all, turn tighter to raise the bike as quickly as possible through the pick-up to have good acceleration out of corners. We also worked on the starts with good results, I am very satisfied and confident ahead of next season.”
At Aprilia he also shone yesterday Raul Fernandez, fifth at the end of the day of testing, the same position obtained on Sunday in the race when he completed his best race since racing in MotoGP. The 2000 class rider was able to make contact with the RS-GP 23 for the first time yesterday and showed off notable times and pace, elements that give us hope for 2024 when the Aprilia customer team will no longer be managed by the RNF-Cryptodata structure. .
Razlan Razali in his farewell post on Instagram defined Raul Fernandez a budding champion and Massimo Rivola did not hesitate to sign him on a two-year contract together with Miguel Oliveira when the RNF team left Yamaha, accepting Aprilia’s offer which thus had two more saddles starting from the championship that had just ended . In 2021, the Spaniard lost the duel in Moto2 with the decidedly more experienced Remy Gardner when the two were boxmates within the Ajo team (Raul Fernandez was making his debut in the middle class), but he is definitely promising and 2024 could be his season.
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