Maverick Viñales finished fourth in the Spanish Grand Prix, revealing he struggled to maintain pace as he closed in on his rivals, forcing him to settle for the result.
The KTM Tech3 rider managed a remarkable fourth place in Jerez, on a track where he traditionally does not get his best results and as such he could only be happy with what he just achieved even if… not everything went smoothly: ‘It was possible to close the battle for second and first. I closed the gap, but yes, I think every time you were getting closer to someone, I don’t know if the bike was heating up or the tires or the brakes, but it was so hard to stop the bike. And then I was going slower, you know, and I was doing all the time like this. All the time. So I get back, bike start to work well, catch up. Then again, you know’, explained the Spaniard about the difficulties he encountered.
Viñales confessed that he had to settle for fourth position. ‘And then when I see two laps to go, I said: «Ok Mav, today, you need to be satisfied with four position», which it sounds really good, you know, if you have to satisfy with sounds nice. Weekend was positive, but I mentioned this being positive since Argentina race. So we are building up, and, was good to have a good base’, he stated.
The Spaniard rider also highlighted the evolution since the beginning of the season: ‘Like, we ended it in Qatar, and now we need to grow. There were tracks that were bike will be with a higher potential, with less. Also for myself, there are tracks that I have higher potential or less. Here it was one of the last of the list, so I’m quite happy. For a long time, I’m not fourth in Here it is. So it’s a really good result’, he concluded, recalling that Jerez is not one of his favorite tracks.