Maverick Viñales arrives in Austin with a positive mindset after the round in Argentina. The Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider believes that the team took an important step in adapting to the RC16 and intends to consolidate that progress on the demanding Circuit of the Americas track.
The Spaniard, who shone in the last edition of the GP at COTA, winning both the sprint and main races, knows that this year the challenge will be different, but remains motivated to do his best, now at the helm of a new bike and team:
– I left Argentina with a good feeling after the race. I think we finally found a good base that suited me a little better, so I’m very excited to explore that direction further in Austin. It’s a track I like a lot, very physically demanding, where I had great success last season, but we have to be realistic. We’ll arrive with a new bike for me, which I’m still trying to figure out, so the goals won’t be the same.
Viñales highlighted the importance of a solid start on Friday to build a competitive weekend: ‘On Friday, it will be crucial to find our base for the weekend, so we can evolve from there in qualifying the next day, leading up to Sunday’s race! I’m super excited for this round, let’s go for it!’.