A total of 65 laps, then rain stop. Best time of 1’33.0, good overall feeling. In short, this is the recap of Maverick Vinales’ first day of testing at Aprilia.
It seems that the former Yamaha rider didn’t require any major changes other than the usual fine-tuning of details. As always with the first few times, it was about making contact. Driver inquiries will come later, even though Romano Albesiano said he was satisfied that Maverick didn’t have any particularly important issues for the technical director.
The date of Mav’s debut has not yet been determined: Aragon is the talk of the town, Vinales hopes so, but there is still no certainty.
Should this wish come true, there would be a first confrontation with his teammate – always the first rival of every driver – which is especially important because Aleix Espargarò saw the birth and growth of the RS-GP.
Never like this, time will tell. The test continues tomorrow.