Maverick Viñales contributed to Aprilia’s 1-2 finish at the MotoGP Catalan GP by taking second place. He led for most of the distance of yesterday’s race in Barcelona but couldn’t hold off his teammate Aleix Espargaró in the final laps.
In a press conference, the #12 described the emotions that the result brought him: ‘Yeah, I feel realized. That’s an amazing feeling. Of course I wanted to win it so bad, but at the end Aleix had a little bit more than me. But, apart of that, honestly we must be so happy and so proud about the way we are riding the bike. I felt so amazing when I was leading the race. I felt that that was my moment. And when I led the race I felt something unbelievable because it was a long time that I didn’t lead a race. You never lose that concentration, that moment, that rhythm and it makes me feel that I can do it again. And that is so good’.
Apart from performance, the joy within the Aprilia team was something that particularly touched Viñales: ‘My favorite moment was arriving the parc fermé and see how the guys were enjoying, see the happiness of this people – the true happiness of this people made me feel so proud’.