The 32-year-old veteran Catalan rider achieved, in his 200th GP, his third pole position in the premier class and the first for the Noale factory among the greats
“I dedicate this ‘pole’ to my wife Laura, because I owe everything I am to her”, said the oldest of the Espargarós, the main favorite for victory
Historic day for Spanish motorcycling in the ‘super saturday’ the Argentine Grand Prixon Rio Hondo Hot Springs. And no, or not only, no, because three Spaniards will lead the three grids tomorrow (5:00 p.m., 6:20 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Movistar and DAZN) but because one of the most veteran drivers in the ‘paddock’, the Catalan Aleix Espargaro32, in his 200th Grand Prix, has achieved the Italian firm’s first pole position aprilia on MotoGP and the third of his brilliant, although not successful (he has not yet won any grand prize), since he already won one, in 2014, in Assen, with Yamaha and, in 2015, in Barcelona, with Suzuki.
spanish triplet
First was the speedy Sergio Garcia (GasGas) who got the ‘pole’ in Moto3 and, later, one of the youngest in the World Cup, Fermin Aldeguerwho rides a curious motorcycle, the Boscoscuro, became the youngest rider in history, with 16 years 11 months 29 days, who will lead the grid in the intermediate category. And then, as a finale to the party, the eldest of the Espargarós, one of the drivers who has worked hardest to caress for glory, turned the Italian factory in Noale into the happiest town on earth.
“The truth is that from minute one of this ‘super Saturday’ that we have lived in Termas de Río Hondo I have felt very good on the Aprilia, on the track and with a devilish pace”, said the oldest of the Espargaró. “I dedicate this pole position, the third of my life in MotoGP and the first in the history of Aprilia, to Laura, my wife, because I owe everything that I am to her. Hopefully tomorrow we can round off this good job with a great race and increase the happiness of the whole team and the Noale factory.”
surprises follow
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The truth is that the day could not have been more stormy and uncertain, well, like this World Cup start. Three of the leading drivers in this championship, such as the world runner-up ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia (Ducati) and the two winners of this beginning of the course, Enea Bastianini (Ducati, winner in Qatar) and Miguel Oliveira (KTM, Indonesia)they were forced to go through Q1 and weren’t even able to get into Q2, which means that those stars will start very, very late on the MotoGP grid tomorrow (20.00).
The surprises, therefore, continue to appear at this start of the season, in which the Catalan champion Marc Márquez (Honda) is still absent, who, without a doubt, benefits from all this uncertainty and the distribution of victories. What’s more, tomorrow’s first line in the queen category could not be more unprecedented, because together with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) they will be Jorge Martin (Ducati) and Luca Marini (Ducati)the stepbrother of valentino rossi.