Pol Espargaró is back in search of a top 10, which is clearly KTM's stated objective this season. At Silverstone, he found this hierarchy which, however, is not yet that of the championship. In the general classification, the RC16 official remains eleventh because Morbidelli resists him with his Yamaha Petronas. But Johann Zarco's teammate will not give up...
In Great Britain, Pol Espargaro saw his superb less blatant in the clan KTM due to a rise in powerOlive tree on sister machine Tech3 and a resistance of Johann zarco. But the two men, by eliminating each other in the race, left the field open for the Spaniard to express himself. He finished ninth this meeting with Silverstone. But more than the result itself, Pol Espargaro emphasizes the quality of the adversity he had to fight against:
« It was a difficult race, the outside temperature was 30 degrees, the track was more slippery than expected ", said Pol Espargaro. “ I had a lot of problems with the rear tire. But at the end of the 20-lap race, I was in the group fighting for sixth place. I was with Miller, Crutchlow and Petrucci. We should be proud to be able to be part of a group with such big names. They are all MotoGP winners ».
« We still collected valuable points. We overtook Nakagami again in the championship. But Morbidelli got in front of me, so we remain in eleventh place overall. We are struggling to get into the top ten of the rankings. It will be difficult, but we will not give up »Assures Pol Espargaro.
« The KTM has made impeccable progress since the start of the season and we are getting better and better ", said Pol. “ We test a lot of new parts. But we often use new motorcycles, which is sometimes tedious. Because you get used to a motorcycle, you find the limit, then comes the next new material. But KTM and Red Bull are extremely ambitious about this project. It’s incredible what we’ve accomplished. We fought to the finish line against two Ducatis and a factory Honda! ».
He finishes by already having the San Marino Grand Prix as his objective: “ Now it's Misano coming up, where I won the Moto2 class. It's not an easy route for me. But I've gone fast in the past. Last year I was still in shock from the accident in Brno. We will test Thursday and Friday there. Then we will see how competitive we are in Misano ».
MotoGP Great Britain Silverstone J3: classification
