If, in this 2023 MotoGP season we predict a hot atmosphere in the ranks of Ducati, we can also argue that we will not be bored in the Aprilia clan either. After a 2022 season revealing the great progress made by the Noale firm in its RS-GP project, we can expect a 2023 vintage where Aleix Espargaró will no longer be the sole spearhead of the manufacturer, member of the Piaggio group. Because not only will his teammate Maverick Viñales have more experience and will be alongside his dream chief mechanic Manu Cazeaux, but, in addition, Miguel Oliveira already seems to be settling into the RS-GP within the new satellite team RNF . How does the oldest member of the starting grid take this exacerbated internal rivalry? With philosophy…
Aleix Espargaró is going to attack his twentieth season in a career where he has eaten more mad cow than probably anyone on the starting grid to get there. The Spaniard with a strong character and legendary anger had to wait until 2022 to finally make his mark in a Grand Prix, at the end of an Argentine Grand Prix which was also Aprilia's very first achievement in MotoGP. “ My career has been something of a roller coaster » recognizes Aleix. “ Sometimes I rode very high and sometimes very low. But I never gave up, convinced as I always was that if you work hard, in the end you get what you want. Because you deserve it ».
Aleix Espargaró: “ those were difficult years but now i can dream«
A philosophy which was very useful to him in taking on this Aprilia challenge which was not at all obvious before the arrival of Massimo Rivola: « I had to grit my teeth, face the disappointment of bad races, sometimes I lost confidence and I did not find in myself the psychological and mental strength to continue. These were difficult years. But when I won the Termas race, everything was forgotten. There I said to myself: you are very strong, you have a good bike and a good team and now you can dream ". And he adds, as a message to the competition which includes his distinguished colleagues: “ I'm like wine that gets better every year... ».
Despite his 2022 run, he knows that he is not starting as a favorite for the title this season. But he is also aware that he will now have to deal with him… “ Yes, it doesn't seem real to me, but today I start from the first row, I often get on the podium, I can win, this is all very strange » recognizes the Spaniard in comments spotted on Moto.it. " Now, when I go shopping, my children tell me 'don't forget to bring home a cup', and I say it's okay. For them it's completely normal, but they don't really know what their father was like. I had never brought a cup home… ". In few hours; he will find his RS-GP at Sepang, with a certain joy as we see in this link: https://www.facebook.com/reel/536428418469683
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