Tech3 KTM<\/a> rider said that he is still missing strength in his shoulder, but that his biggest limitation at the moment is his lack of understanding of how to ride the RC16.<\/p>\n ![\"Maverick](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1313024_hires_1600x900.jpg\")
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Maverick Vinales, 2026 Catalan MotoGP.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe strength obviously needs to improve, but it’s not bad considering how I felt in Mugello,\u201d he said of his shoulder.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I feel better. It’s just that I need to understand how to ride the bike \u2013 it’s very complicated because I’m not able to find any strong point where I can rely on to do a lap time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, every time I try to brake late I miss the corners; then I try to do corner speed, I don’t turn. It’s all the time this feeling that it [the rear of the bike] comes around.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vinales had a poor start to the Sprint because of a start device problem, but he was able to find a positive in that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe front device, I didn\u2019t disengage and then I keep it for I don\u2019t know how many corners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt was a disaster. But it\u2019s okay because then I had some space to work with the bike because we did a different setting for the Sprint and we see some positives, some negatives, that probably going in the group [it would have been] hard to see.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re working hard to understand how to improve to be quicker with the bike.\u201d<\/p>\n
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