“Of all the moves in MotoGP, Vinales’s is the most difficult to understand.”

Maverick Vinales Determined to change things, in 2025, the Roses pilot will be packing his bags. Aprilia To KTM Tech 3featuring the same RC16 “black legs” that they carry Pedro Acosta and Bran Binder With the official team. The Spanish pilot’s decision left some questions unanswered and sparked an interesting debate about whether he was right or not.

The MD had the opportunity to conduct an interview. Ramon Forcada Evaluating the first half of the MotoGP World Championship, the former Yamaha technician was Catalan during his time with the Japanese team, and although he knows it well, he also admits that it is not a movement he understands 100%.

“I don’t know. Of all the movements, it is probably the hardest to understand.But to do that, you need to be within range Aprilia. They have very good bikes and have won races, but they haven’t always been as good as Ducati. Before there were some circuits where Ducati did well and others didn’t. Now it’s going well for everyone. Aprilia is in that situation. They had two problems: reliability and balance of the circuits.

“So Maverick could study what each one did, and he saw that the KTM was a more versatile bike than the Aprilia, so he could do the same thing he did in Austin. Of course, if he wins races, if he finishes in the standings, he’ll be happy. Eighth, forget about the championship. If you do the research and see what Acosta did with no experience, imagine what Maverick could do with all his experienceand it’s been adopted by almost every brand. But I would say that of all the movements that have ever existed, it’s the hardest to understand, but it’s not impossible because there is a logic to it.

The Acosta phenomenon

Perhaps in Europe we will see the more earthy Pedro Acosta, but the Murcian has already astonished the entire paddock with several podiums in the premier class in his rookie year, and Forcada has also caught the attention of the Mazarron driver with his differential style.

“The truth is, it took everyone by surprise. Firstly, he drives very differently than the others, putting a lot of pressure on the front rubber and not dropping off. He’s a driver that does things that make you want to say, “That guy would fall in every race,” but he doesn’t fall.For me there are two things that need to be achieved over time: the first is to understand the category because the races are very long. The bike is very demanding physically and this means doing many kilometers. The best preparation, whether in the gym or on the bike, is the MotoGP itself.

“Then there is the classification and the management of the start, which is becoming more and more important. It takes time, KTM has the most advanced start map, but it needs to be managed. But nevertheless, this is a surprise, because we are in Europe and it is not that far away anymore,” he said by way of conclusion.