Maverick Viñales came close to victory at the Indonesian GP today but was unable to hold onto the lead in the race and was eventually overtaken by Francesco Bagnaia. The spaniard regretted having been beaten by his opponent at the time, but overall he was pleased with second place.
In parc ferme, the Aprilia Racing rider reacted to his race like this: ‘I was doing so well, controlling the tyre but Pecco was a bit faster than me in that part of the race but I know from what I did yesterday that if I went out and pushed, pushed and pushed my rear tyre would go, so I just controlled it and the race was going in my favour’.
And he left words of thanks to the team: ‘I’m very happy and grateful for the work we’ve done, proud of my team. Thank you very much to all the Indonesian fans, they’ve been fantastic and we’re going to try in Australia. We have to enjoy it, it’s been a fantastic job’.