Aleix Espargaro was second with Aprilia with one lap to go, fighting against Martin. As soon as he crossed the finish line, the clamorous mistake
Massimo Brizzi
05 June
– Milan
Like Julian Simon in 2009. Montmelò recorded another incredible episode of carelessness, which cost Aleix Espargaro a precious second place. The Aprilia rider, born and raised in nearby Granollers, a few kilometers from the Montmelò track, miscalculates the race distance and thus sees what had been an excellent placement behind the winner, Fabio Quartararo, evaporate. The same happened 13 years ago, with Julian Simon who in 125, also at Montmelò, began to celebrate with a lap early, giving Andrea Iannone triumph and cup. At 23rd of the 24 laps scheduled for the Catalonian GP, therefore, Aleix crosses the finish line with more than half a second advantage over Jorge Martin, but immediately afterwards he closes the gas. He begins to gesticulate and greet, he is paraded, both by the Spaniard of Ducati Pramac, and by Johann Zarco and Joan Mir, only to realize, when he has now also cut the second corner, that the others are continuing to pull and something is not right.
resized
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The time to get back on the fairing, repel the assault of Luca Marini, passed during the last lap, and reach the finish line in 5th place, while in the Aprilia garage Massimo Rivola & C put their hands in their hair and are thrilled by the sensational oversight of their flagship driver. An oversight that costs 9 points in the standings, how many pass between the very probable 20 of the second place and the 11 of the 5th final place. A glaring oversight that, on the day of the possible consecration and in which Quartararo’s role as first challenger in the world championship stands out, is 22 points behind, makes Aleix Espargaro pass from the altar to the dust. As a hero and zero, even if he limited the damage with the 5th place, resizing a caliber that was now taken for granted.
only my fault
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“I am very down – the words of Aleix, who very seriously presents himself in front of the cameras -, I apologize to everyone, it is a mistake that cannot be made and it is 100% my fault. At the exit of the curve we were in box 1 , I didn’t see the laps on the table but I observed the tower which is not the one I have to see. I’m sorry. In the race, however, I expected to do much better, I didn’t have the pace I expected “. Which does not blunt the scope of his topic.
encouragement from rivola
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Massimo Rivola immediately intervenes in his defense: “This is not the time to start trials, it was a mistake, but the performance we have provided remains: we have shown that we are once again very competitive and it is from here that we double start again, encouraging our pilot “.
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