{"id":725247,"date":"2026-06-09T13:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/725247\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:52:13","slug":"over-the-limit-all-the-time-motogp-winner-makes-key-bike-breakthrough-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/725247\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Over the limit all the time\u2019 &#8211; MotoGP winner makes key bike breakthrough in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maverick Vinales says the KTM MotoGP bike has to be ridden \u201cover the limit all of the time\u201d to get the best from it, which he currently doesn\u2019t have the strength to do.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard has struggled to get back to the leading form he had on the RC16 in the first half of last season since injuring his shoulder at the 2025 German Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Still rebuilding the strength in his right shoulder following surgery on it to remove a loose screw in March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/1689\/maverick-vinales\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maverick Vinales<\/a> noted earlier in the Hungary weekend that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1097334\/1\/maverick-vinales-surprised-lack-motogp-speed-despite-not-bad-shoulder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he was finding \u201cno strong points\u201d on the bike.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781013132_622_gng_1322444_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Maverick Vinales, 2026 MotoGP Hungarian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Maverick Vinales, 2026 MotoGP Hungarian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p>However, the grand prix allowed him to understand better how to extract more performance from the RC16.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalf of the laps of the race were quite good, to be honest,\u201d he explained, after finishing 15th at Balaton Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could ride in 1m39s-low, which, for me, was the target, to ride quickly without losing positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, I\u2019m trying to understand really how to go fast with this bike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow, when I was alone and I could brake really hard and deep, the lap time was coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the feeling I have is you have to ride the bike on the limit all of the time to make the lap time.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, to make the lap time with the bike you have to push over the limit all of the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, still I need to work on the strength to go in this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cMy problem is that when I have to go behind somebody, I have to brake a little bit earlier, the bike doesn\u2019t stop. So, I really need to put the load into the front.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vinales believes he is close to being at full fitness again, and his breakthrough in understanding the bike has been timed well with a week&#8217;s gap until the next round at Brno.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gng_1320513_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Maverick Vinales, Tech3 KTM, 2026 Italian MotoGP\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Maverick Vinales, Tech3 KTM, 2026 Italian MotoGP<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoon I think I will be in a really good physical position,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think now the week off is going to help a lot to have more strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, with this bike, you have to ride it really aggressively on the brakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I think at the moment I don\u2019t have the power to do it. But in the race I started to understand how to do the lap time with the bike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maverick Vinales says the KTM MotoGP bike has to be ridden \u201cover the limit all of the time\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,40801,806,805,803,804,26895,85],"class_list":["post-725247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-maverick-vinales","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-red-bull-ktm-tech3","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}