On the theme of disappointment and disillusionment felt after two years at Honda, there is a sort of spontaneous competition that has started between Alex Marquez and Pol Espargaró. Without premeditation, one seems to respond to the other at every opportunity, a redundancy which also reveals the deep dismay of these two pilots who had dressed themselves in the colors of their childhood dreams before being overtaken by a harsh reality …
We have rarely seen two riders during the first test of the off-season be so happy to have abandoned their previous handlebars. Alex Marquez who had left his RC213V never lost sight of a broad smile illuminating an already radiant face when discovering his Ducati Gresini. And Pol Espargaro even went harder by indulging in a sort of dance of joy in the middle of a lap time Valencia on an RC16 found after having left it two years previously for what he then thought was a better world.
But instead, here is the assessment he draws again, again and again: “ they never made me feel like I was part of the team and they didn't involve me in the development of the bike. I was just a driver paid to ride » he laments driving. “ It's sad, because I believe I have enormous potential. I was one of the best in pre-season and also at Losail. But from then on things started to go downhill », we read on motorcyclesports.
Pol Espargaro: “ the period I spent with Honda was the most difficult of my sporting career«
The Spaniard continues in the same tone: « there was no effort trying to figure out how to adapt the bike to my riding style ". However, he still got something positive out of it: “ you learn a lot from good things, but from bad things you learn even more"
For example, you learn to deal with stressful situations.” And he concludes: “ The period I spent with Honda was the most difficult of my sporting career. Not being able to achieve anything with these Repsol Honda colors is painful ". He will be keen to regain his health under those of GASGAS that the team Tech3 will sport in 2023.
