MotoGP Austria J2, Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia/9), terse about the sprint race: "they say it will be the same track time but that's bullshit"

Could Aprilia be losing Aleix Espargaró? He seems much more agitated than usual in this Austrian Grand Prix, where he is struggling to find performance. Still suffering from a fractured right heel barely two weeks ago, after a heavy fall during FP4 of the last meeting at Silverstone, he got dangerously annoyed with Johann Zarco by brushing past him at very high speed on the track of the Red Bull Ring without it disturbing the officials. However, the latter take it for granted when the question of the future sprint race is put to the runner-up in the championship...

Aleix Espargaró can be sparkling like in Assen, but it also shows a dark side which has emerged since Friday from the Styrian forest. The champion of safety and great accuser of the facts on the track behaved irresponsibly in the face of Johann Zarco during FP3, and the images speak for themselves. But he is on edge in this Austrian Grand Prix. And he demonstrated it again in his commentary on the sprint race which will be the daily life of MotoGP riders in 2023.

Public chat Motorsport, we can read his assessment as follows: “ I want to believe that the championship management thinks that this is the best thing for the show, for the popularity of the championship », begins the pilot Aprilia. " I don't share this idea, it's my opinion. I think this is not the solution, I think the risk will be too high » assures the one who distinguished himself as we know during the FP3 Austrian.

**Aleix Espargaró: “ there are a lot of things I didn't like about this press conference«**

He specifies : “I think 44 starts in MotoGP is too many. They say it will be the same track time, so nothing will change. This is bullshit, because a FP4 is not the same as a race where they give points. But we will try, we have to adapt to the championship. They choose what they want and we must adapt. This might be a good solution ».

Aleix Espargaró also clarified: “ I prefer not to comment on anything about the press conference. There are a lot of things I didn't like about this press conference, so I prefer to stay silent ". And he ends: “ I still have a lot of work to do this weekend, I still have a lot of pain in my heel from my crash at Silverstone. So I want to be relaxed ". A conclusion that would be laughable if it hadn't been for this FP3.