Aleix Espargaró is the man we didn't expect at such a party in MotoGP in the middle of a season where he is boldly playing his luck aboard an Aprilia which is also a revelation. The one who waited until this year 2022 to open his victory counter, still marked by his only success in Argentina, is the only one on the starting grid to have scored at the end of the eleven completed races and he subscribed to the outposts including during testing sessions. Furthermore, he has reached a milestone in his revolt after having come close to prison in Assen and he can count on a cohesion in his box which has no equal in the current competition. He is a real rival for Fabio Quartararo…
Aleix Espargaró has amazed the observers who are weaving crowns for his career accomplished so far in this MotoGP season which reveals him as a real contender for that which crowns a World Champion. Dani Pedrosa said thus of his compatriot: “ without a doubt, it's a revelation. This hasn't been a spontaneous or occasional two or three race thing, it's been sustained in every practice session and every race, even in every condition, although we haven't seen much rain these last time. But we can say that he is ahead in all the races. Today, with the variability that exists in the category and because of the equality of times, which can make you go from a good position to a bad one even if you do not lose much time, he continues to stand. He does a little more than everyone else, and sometimes that's enough ».
In these analyses, a boy lorenzo mentioned that his plus was also being able to count on solidarity from his team which is lacking elsewhere. On this level, we will remember that Maverick Vinales has already indicated that if he found himself in the position of helping his teammate win the title, he would not hesitate to put himself at his service. In Assen, after third place in the Top Gun and the fourth hard-won by Aleix Espargaró, who occasionally regained 13 points in the title race at one Fabio Quartararo which had just made its first misstep, the atmosphere was ecstatic in the ranks of the Noale manufacturer.
An atmosphere that can be surprising in a competition that exacerbates rivalries, but Aleix Espargaró assures that it is not fake: “ when we say we have good relations, we don't just say it for the press ", said Aleix Espargaró on speedweek. " We have a very good relationship and we work together. We often organize the technical debriefing together with the engineers ».
"Aleix Espargaró had never won anything until then and this year he is playing for the title"
He even gives the example of the last Italian Grand Prix to illustrate this solidarity: “ Maverick was a bit lost at Mugello, so he asked if he could ride behind me, and he then finished the first ten minutes of FP3 behind me. We saw that the wake was about 10 km/h and we talked a little. I used its vacuum to see what it would look like in racing and what the tire pressures would be like. There are many things like that ».
He finishes : " It's good to have a teammate with whom you have a good relationship. Because that's how we can improve and faster ". In the mid-term ratings given by Charles Pernat on GPOne, Aleix Espargaro is the one with the best brand with a 9/10 and this assessment: “ he adapted the Aprilia to his style and he believed in it even in the most difficult times. Now he lives in a nice bubble, the bike is very fast and he rides it perfectly. He is reborn even if it seems strange that a driver who had never won anything until then is playing for the title this year. ". A posture that can also count in decisive moments full of pressure.
