It’s a Aleix Espargaró fatalist who takes advantage of his summer break. A MotoGP armistice all the more welcome as the 28-year-old rider started it on a german hospital bed after a heavy fall which deprived him of the Sachsenring race due to a chest trauma. The conclusion of half a season where the reasons for satisfaction are so rare that they overshadow the future with an Aprilia RS-GP which does not enjoy all the support it deserves...
Public chat crash.net, the now father of two children puts his feet in the dish by making an Italian comparison which will not fail to titillate: “ we cannot say that Aprilia in MotoGP is smaller than the other manufacturers involved. In fact, the brand is part of the Piaggio group which is much larger than Ducati. The Piaggio group can invest wherever it wants. He is very big and powerful. So it's up to him to decide where he wants his bike to be. Our situation is very clear: if we want to beat the best bikes in the world, we need to improve in all areas. ».
The brother of a young married Pol and KTM official therefore puts the group Piaggio facing its responsibilities. Not bad for the one who signed for the next two years on an RS-GP which he will share with Andrea Iannone…And he even drives the point home: “ this first part of the season was really a disaster. Frankly, when you feel good on the bike, you're close to a top 6 and the bike stops, it's not easy to keep calm. And even less when it happens three times in a row. I only crashed once and had to withdraw from Germany ».
By this, mean that the rest of the white results are the entire responsibility of Aprilia: “ It's hard not to put pressure on yourself in these cases because you want to recover in one race what you lost after the three retirements. And then, you're not going to be there your whole life either. This year certainly hasn't started off in the best way possible. ».
Finally, the Spaniard doesn’t just talk about his bike… “ We can also progress a lot in terms of team organization. We need to be calmer there. My chief engineer is a smart guy, but organizationally, he needs to improve, just as I need to improve too. But it will be better next season, I'm sure ". There are still ten Grands Prix to do before starting 2019…
