He's not the whiny type, but he arrives at the Red Bull Ring with his head down and his spirits down. This is the Aprilia official Aleix Espargaró who begins his Austrian Grand Prix with morale in his boots. The Spaniard even talks about retirement. This means that he can no longer stand the losing routine that the Noale factory has settled into...
Did Aprilia bring the motivation toAleix Espargaro up to the wear rate? You have to believe it if you judge by his comments before starting the eleventh round of the championship in Styria… “ It's not easy, this year is not easy. I'm driving better than ever, but it's not enough, we're not getting good results. Aprilia is a big company, the Piaggio group is very big. That's why I hope the new bike will be better ».
Otherwise ? “ I want to succeed in the MotoGP paddock. If I can't, I'll stop soon. I don't see my future in the Superbike World Championship. I want to improve Aprilia and ride with the best guys. We can do it, that's my goal ».
The threat is therefore formulated. And it is developed… “ Sometimes we arrive at a track and the engineers are happy because we are faster than before. It doesn't matter how fast you are compared to others that day, only how fast you were the year before. There's no point being half a second faster if everyone else has improved by a second. So we are still in a bad position » reports the Spaniard on Speedweek.
« Andrea and I have the same difficulties, we keep telling the engineers what we need ", said Aleix Espargaró. " We always have new pieces. In Brno we tried another swingarm, which I really like. I will have it on the bike in Austria and will compare it to my second standard RS-GP. But we need much more than just a swing arm ».
« The plan was to get next year's machine as soon as possible by the end of the year, but I fear it will be difficult. I also tried another chassis in Brno, but it's too early to use it for a race weekend » regrets Aleix.
