Aprilia has been showing potential to compete at the top positions and even for victories in MotoGP. However, the manufacturer haven’t reached the level of consistency some of their competitors have, and Maverick Viñales knows well what it takes to get there.
When asked about the reason for the lack of consistency, the Spanish rider emphasized that it requires time, hard work, and data collection:
– We need time and work. And data. Honestly, if you asked to Aprilia two years ago if they would be at this level, they would sign it here and now. So, we need time, we need to collect the data, improve the bike. I think that’s the way, and also having more bikes on the grid. I can see many riders on Friday struggling a little bit and Saturday they are super fast. So, it means they collect data, they improve a lot the bike and they can be much more precise. But in our case it’s matter of time, work and data.
Viñales then explained: ‘Of course if I go to Phillip Island next year the setting will be another, improving, and it’s like this. At the end we don’t have enough data to… if one weekend goes a little bit in another way it’s very complicated to recover that weekend because we don’t have enough data. We know that. The only thing we do is try to work. Even if for Sunday we can improve 10%, it’s 10%, we bring for the next year, so it’s fantastic’.