Pol Espargaró started his MotoGP career at Tech3 in 2014 and he experienced his first factory rider status at KTM in 2017. Then he thought the grass would be greener at Repsol Honda, which he later returned to two years of hardship. An experience which made him turn back towards Mattighofen which offered him the GASGAS adventure, and which gave him the opportunity to return to his first loves. The circle is complete. Or almost, because for the 31-year-old Spaniard, everything still needs to be done, and he intends to accomplish it from 2023...
Pol Espargaro in Grand Prix it is certainly a Moto2 World Champion title in 2013, but in MotoGP, it is, at 31 years, 154 races, 0 victories and 8 podiums. An assessment that he himself recognizes as insufficient then, during the GASGAS presentation with a view to the 2023 season which is coming, he announced the color as follows: “ I want to be the point man for this team » he said on speedweek.
He even specifies, as if to already ward off possible tensions with the official orange-colored team: “ I don't want to get into political questions, I'm a racing driver. I want to be the fastest and I want to try to be in front as much as possible. Certainly at my age I'm not that crazy kid anymore, but instead I have the experience. And I think I can use it my way to be the fastest. I want to be the one the maker considers a leading man ».
Pol Espargaro: “ it's like a reboot and a return to basics«
A message that is not addressed to his rookie teammate Augusto Fernandez, but rather to Brad Binder et Jack Miller. It must be said that for the Spaniard too time passes… “ It's good to be part of the first GASGAS factory team in MotoGP, especially now that I'm getting older…The years have flown by and joining this project, at this stage of my career, is super cool ».
He adds : " it’s like a reboot and a return to basics. I've known so many people since I started... I've been in MotoGP for ten years, it's incredible. It feels like I started yesterday! I can compare myself to the crazy young guy who started in MotoGP back then. I'm more mature now and I know what I'm doing. It's good for them to see how a boy can grow up too. Not just as a person, but also in terms of riding style and technical aspects. You can make a comparison and see if I'm better or not ". The paddock will undoubtedly not fail to do so as the races go by...
