Among the MotoGP riders who welcomed the winter break, there is a Alex Espargaro who did not experience the expected campaign with an Aprilia that he discovered. The brother of an official Pol from a KTM factory who finished the championship ahead of that of Noale loves his RS-GP, but success has not been on his side. Retirements, mechanical breakdowns and injuries were part of the game while he was the only one to keep the house since teammate Sam Lowes showed himself incapable of confirming the hopes placed in him. 2018 will have to be of a different ilk.
A change thatAleix Espargaró also calls for: “ I'll probably have to approach things with less passion, but you know how I am. I always want to be on top. Perhaps we will also have to redefine our objectives. I want to finish as close as possible to the podium each time but a top 6 would undoubtedly be more realistic given our general level ».
« The biggest problem we have is with the full tank. I can't attack as I should. The 2017 season was not good, I'm not happy about it and I want to forget it. There were too many breakages, too many falls and injuries even though it had been years since I had suffered a serious injury.s ”.
Eight retirements, a withdrawal and a fifteenth place in the championship are disappointments which were not counterbalanced by the two sixth places taken in Qatar and Aragon. “ But I'm having fun on the RS-GP, I'm happy with the level to which we've brought it. It is the most important. I think we can have an interesting 2018 season. I want to fight for the top 6 overall ».
Alex Espargaro will have a new teammate in 2018 in the person of Scott Redding.
