It was a group shot that the KTMs achieved in an Aragon Grand Prix of which they will not keep great memories. Because this tight Austrian formation is on the border of the points. The RC16 were therefore not at the party and their presumed leader, because he has been official since the start of the project, Pol Espargaró even less so. He finished behind his teammate and rookie as well as already Grand Prix winner Brad Binder. Not to mention an incident with another driver. This time it's Danilo Petrucci who is in turmoil. But the Spaniard doesn't want to talk about that...
Pol Espargaro had a Aragon Grand Prix eventful with little reason for satisfaction to be had. First he finishes behind Brad Binder his teammate while the RC16s in the colors of Tech3 are 14rd and 16rd, the frustration of not bringing home points coming back to Miguel Oliveira. The gap to the winner alex rins on his Suzuki with the youngest I will espargaro was 13,689 seconds. He nevertheless retained his ninth place in the championship.
« It was a very difficult race. On Saturday, everything suddenly started to work against us in qualifying »Regrets I will espargaro. " So much has changed for the race from the 12th starting position for me. In today's MotoGP World Championship, starts are extremely important, it could be said that almost 50% of the time, the start is important ».
The 29-year-old Spaniard admits: “ in the first corners you lose a second or two and in the first laps it's already four or five seconds. But it's hard to start that far back. My start to the race wasn't good either. I was not in a good position before the first corner and other drivers then overtook me ».
“The feeling with the bike was not good”
Later in the race too, things did not go perfectly for the youngest of the Espargaró brothers: “ When I tried to apply pressure, the grip front and rear was poor. Then I went far and Brad passed me. When I followed him, I met Petrucci. Then I wasted more time. The feeling with the bike was not good. With Brad and Iker, we were all in two seconds. The result did not reflect our work and it is painful. It's been like this all weekend and that's why we have to improve ».
After hooking his brother Aleix in Q2 with an Alex Marquez in the area pointed out to explain the incident, Pol Espargaro had trouble with Danilo Petrucci during the race, a pass of arms which is submitted to the study of the commissioners. A situation that the official KTM who will join Repsol Honda in 2021 commented: “ I decided not to talk about anyone but myself, otherwise things will be distorted. I don't want that and that's why I only talk about myself ". The controversies with John Zarco and Miguel Oliveira during this season have visibly left traces…
MotoGP Aragon-1 J3: classification
