Maverick Viñales returned to the podium with a second place in the Indonesian MotoGP Grand Prix, where he was only beaten by Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati). It was the perfect response to a less successful period in the previous two rounds.
The Spanish Aprilia rider said in a press conference that he was pleased with his performance in Mandalika, but stressed that there is still ground to make up against Ducati: ‘We have to be happy. We made a very good recovery after two races in which we were unable to perform well. I basically felt fantastic with the bike all weekend. There are a few things to improve in order to try to get closer to Ducati, because on Saturday I had a tire issue, but also on Sunday I saw that they had a bit more at the end‘.
Déterminé à faire mieux, Viñales a déclaré : ‘Je suis juste en train d’essayer de comprendre cela, de travailler là-dessus. Parce que bien sûr, tu veux toujours faire mieux. Et la façon de le faire est d’essayer de mener des courses, d’essayer d’amener la moto au maximum, et ainsi tu peux mieux comprendre où tu en es. Cependant, ce week-end j’ai senti la moto à un très bon niveau et c’est quelque chose que j’apprécie vraiment car nous pouvons obtenir beaucoup d’informations et c’est fantastique’.
