The Spaniard from Aprilia MotoGP fourth on the RS-GP: “I’m 32 and it’s a bit late, but I can have fun with this bike. I lost too much time at the start of the race otherwise I could have finished second or third”
Fourth place for Aprilia, a stone’s throw from the podium. But Aleix Espargaro’s smile speaks volumes about the potential of the RS-GP 22, the bike with which Noale can really challenge the big names in MotoGP. “I just needed another round and …”, the Spaniard hisses at the press conference.
go aprilia
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Espargaro, “the captain” as Savadori, test rider of the Aprilia MotoGP team, makes a very positive balance: “I didn’t expect such a sharp decline from Marquez and Binder, then another lap would have been enough and I would have taken my brother”. Aleix finished less than 9 tenths from Pol’s official Honda. It didn’t take much, in fact: “Yes, I had the podium within reach, I lost time at the beginning of the race, but then I started to push and I could finish second or third. . Too bad, I should have started pushing earlier, but it’s a good start to the championship. Now, I wouldn’t want Aprilia to be under scrutiny at every race, but we did some good tests and we are confirming the potential of the bike. ”
where aprilia grows
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Beyond the slow start, then Espargaro broadens his reasoning on the Aprilia: “I’m satisfied because in a few laps I took 1” at Honda, I’m sorry I’m already 32 but I think I can really have fun this year. Where did the bike grow? We have made some comparisons thanks to the cameras mounted on the bikes: you can see that in corner entry we are more or less at the 2021 level, but on exit, when we give the gas and release the rear, the bike is much faster in mileage and traction. Maybe Ducati and Honda still have something more than us on the straight, but we are there with Aprilia. “
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