This MotoGP season is exciting, it will still have surprises in store for us between now and its end, and it is not the last performance offered by Aleix Espargaró at Assen which will contradict this trend. In the Netherlands, the Aprilia official achieved the feat of reversing a moral situation marked by the stamp of feverishness since his blunder at the Catalan Grand Prix. This celebration of a second place a lap before the checkered flag could have been the highlight of his entire career but he crossed it out by showing himself, on the contrary, conquering and sure of himself in an Assen cathedral which absolved his Barcelona fishing. Better, the Batavian arrival revealed a frank solidarity in the ranks of Aprilia which could also count in decisive moments. So many elements which did not escape a certain Chicho Lorenzo.
There was a real miracle that happened in the cathedral of Assen, in a MotoGP, where, it seems, we can no longer overtake. A pilot namedAleix Espargaró climbed from fifteenth place to fourth under the checkered flag, thus settling the score of eleven of his peers, including two in one go in a final forced braking which will remain in the memories. Who said MotoGP was boring?
boy lorenzo, for his part, reveled in this Dutch Grand Prix and the great show given by the pilot Aprilia. With Manuel Pecino, he analyzed the keys to the return ofAleix Espargaró in Assen. It will be recalled that the driver finished in fourth position after returning to the track fifteenth following the collision with fabio quartararo in the circumstances that we know.
This Assen race was undoubtedly marked by the return ofAleix Espargaró. During the first laps, a fall of fabio quartararo trained the pilot Aprilia off the track while he was in second position. The eldest of Pol Espargaro returned to the track in fifteenth position. It was then that the ascent, which will remain in the annals, began and all the more so as it ended with the final bouquet of the double overtaking at the last bend of Brad Binder as well as Jack Miller. The man from Granollers crossed the finish line in fourth position, behind his teammate Maverick Vinales, who achieved his first podium with Aprilia.
boy lorenzo commented in a new video on the YouTube channel 'Motogepeando': “it was impressive, it’s one of those historic races, one that we will remember all our lives. You can have great races throughout your life, but this one is very special for many reasons. But above all by the numbers ».
The father of Jorge Lorenzo reviewed the records ofAleix Espargaro, in which it is demonstrated that the driver Aprilia had a similar pace to that of the leading drivers. “ With these numbers he would have won the race hands down » says the Spaniard who, however, sees the essence of this exploit elsewhere: “ I've already talked about numbers and now I'm going to talk of what goes through a pilot's head in circumstances like this. We are talking about the fact that with these figures, if it had not been for this attack from Quartararo with his fall, he would have ended up winning the race alone with a lead of six. But it's a theory, it's not real ».
« Aleix Espargaró was in an impressive state of euphoria »
And he explains : “Aleix didn't fall, but he went out, losing eight seconds. What's going on in a pilot's mind at that moment? It was a race he was going to win. It was clear he could win. He knew his rhythm, he was clear about it, he knew it worked very well on this circuit. So at that point you see yourself outside. And you see that when you come back on track you are in fifteenth place and you have practically lost the race. And you start to overshoot. Do you know what the adrenaline rush it gives when you overtake? And you go for the next one, and another shot. And you've already overtaken eleven drivers, that's eleven adrenaline shots. When you get there, you enter a completely different orbit of the one you never were, because you never had eleven shots of adrenaline. We are in MotoGP, they are all fast and you overtake them. It arrived as it should, everything went perfectly ».
« Later we saw how euphoric Aleix was, that when Quartararo arrived to apologize, he didn't care, they hugged, everything was wonderful. Because he was in an impressive state of euphoria. In this state you are generous and you forgive everything. He must have been full of rage at first though. Because, of course, you are there, you have all your setup done, your strategy, everything is controlled, you know that you are the winner. And, as a result, you lose all possibilities »Develops boy lorenzo.
In addition to this comeback from Espargaró, it was a great day for Aprilia thanks to the podium of Maverick Vinales, who finished third. A moment of jubilation on which boy lorenzo insists by way of conclusion: “ I really liked it, it was very exciting, this gesture he made when he went to congratulate Maverick. They have a very good “feeling”. In which team are there two drivers who have this feeling? None. We don't see it at all ". An X factor?
