It's a track incident which is funny since it involves two brothers directly and the brother of another driver indirectly. It occurred during Q2 of the Aragon Grand Prix which marks the tenth of fourteen meetings of this amazing season. It pitted the Espargaró brothers against each other, who held on to each other, while Alex Marquez was nearby. As for the responsibility for this melee, it seems to fall on Aleix Espargaró, definitely always in bad luck during the qualifying sessions...
At the I will espargaro, we showed solidarity and were very quick to throw stones at Johann zarco when he found himself in the turmoil of the Austrian Grand Prix. It was undoubtedly a family debt to be settled dating from Brno. We also got angry about Miguel Oliveira on the side of Pol, who then received the Portuguese's response at a press conference. But on this incident in Aragon pitting the two brothers against each other, surprisingly, no comments were made.
Pol Espargaro still explains the facts a little: “ in the second part of Q2, I wanted to do a very fast lap », reported the cadet. “ Everything went well until this last corner of qualifying. My dashboard announced a lap time telling me I could finish in the top five. Certainly on the second line ».
“I don’t want to talk about this incident”
And then ? It’s the black hole for the pilot of the orange motorcycle: “ I'm sorry, but I don't want to talk about this incident. I don't want to judge any other driver but myself. If it annoys me, it only disrupts my world and my focus. I don't want to get in trouble for what I said. After qualifying, we will see what the Race Direction or the FIM Stewards are doing. Then you will get the answer to the question of what really happened ».
Apparently, brother Aleix Espargaró was on a slow lap, perhaps to wait forAlex Marquez slips in front of him. But then, Marquez braked suddenly. And that probably led to a clash between Aleix and his brother Pol, who was on an aggressive “time attack” round. After the impact, part of the fairing was hanging off the left front of the KTM. It will be noted that Pol Espargaro did not mention the name ofAlex Marquez. And for good reason, it is the brother of the driver with whom he will spend the next two years at Repsol-Honda…
Aleix Espargaró will start ninth, Alex Marquez eleventh and Pol Espargaro twelfth, Sunday, for the Aragon Grand Prix.
MotoGP Aragon-1 J2: qualifying
