At Aprilia, we fall from Charybdis to Scylla. Nothing is going well for an RS-GP which still shows that, when the technique holds, the time comes. In Jerez, Aleix Espargaró was convinced he had a shot to play. His times put him in the top 10 and more if affinities. Noale's men had changed the engine. We were going to see what we saw. And we haven't even seen the first round...
Aleix Espargaró can continue to envy the fate of his brother Pol. The latter is in fact a KTM official, a manufacturer who placed his three motorcycles entered in the points. He is with Aprilia and the reliability report is clear: “ four races, three breakages due to a technical problem with the bike, this is our assessment » blurted out the teammate of a Scott Redding who finished fifteenth in Jerez, 36.7 seconds behind the winner.
He tries to explain: “ in fact, I don't know what to say. The motorcycle stopped. When I let go of the clutch at the start, I immediately felt something was wrong. I lacked power. Before turn 5, on the straight, an alarm went off on the dashboard and the bike stopped. It's too bad ».
Because Aleix thought he was doing a good job: “ during the warm-up, I had a very good pace. I felt competitive. And when you know what happened in the race, I can guarantee you 100% that I would have been there for the podium. But things turned out differently. However, they had changed the engine before departure. But the ghost inside remained ».
« I will still try to continue. I have to stay positive despite these difficulties. I have no idea what happened to the bike ». Aleix Espargaro scored six points in four Grands Prix. That being said, it is as much as Jorge Lorenzo...
Jerez MotoGP J.3 Ranking
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 41'39.678 |
| 2 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | +5.241 |
| 3 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | +8.214 |
| 4 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | +8.617 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | +8.743 |
| 6 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | +9.768 |
| 7 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | +13.543 |
| 8 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | +14.076 |
| 9 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | +16.822 |
| 10 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | +19.405 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | +21.149 |
| 12 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | +21.174 |
| 13 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | +21.765 |
| 14 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | +22.103 |
| 15 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | +36.755 |
| 16 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | +41.861 |
| 17 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | +49.241 |
| 18 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1 laps |
| Not Classified | ||||
| 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 8 lapses | |
| 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 8 lapses | |
| 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 8 lapses | |
| 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 9 lapses | |
| 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 14 lapses | |
| 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 20 lapses | |
| Not Finished 1st Lap | ||||
| 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 0 laps |
