At Honda Repsol, we found a Marc Marquez who is recovering his form, but we also have a Pol Espargaró who lost his form. Indeed, the younger brother of Aleix, championship leader and now MotoGP winner, suffers from intestinal problems which devastated Niccolo Antonelli, who was absent from his Moto2 box on Friday. He still managed to place twelfth, but he remains in doubt for the rest of the events in Austin…
The black series continues for Pol Espargaro who regrets Austin stomach aches which prevent him from driving his vehicle normally Honda. A concern serious enough to motivate this comment: “ I don't know what I ate or drank yesterday, but I was in the bathroom for a long time. During the day I felt worse and worse, until the afternoon when I really lost my strength. On this circuit not having any strength is horrible, with so many changes of direction, the bike moves and you suffer a lot... I hope that tomorrow I will be able to cope better ».
Pol Espargaró has a stomach ache and the Ducatis are giving him headaches
Furthermore, it seems to particularly suffer from the bumps which continue to be the characteristic of the Texan route. “ The truth is that I felt the bike pretty well but it's true that in one lap the Ducatis are super fast and I don't think we can match them. Anyway, I don't think the bike is the problem, but rather my physical condition. I have stomach problems and didn't have much strength in the afternoon ».
« Despite this, I think the bike has good potential. Surely as I said it will be difficult in qualifying because the Ducatis are very fast on a lap and I don't feel like we're as fast as them with new tires.. But Marc was fast, I looked at his data and there are a lot of places where we can improve. We both have places to improve and if we do, we'll be there ».
MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas FP2 results at Circuit of the Americas in Austin:
Classification credit: MotoGP.com
