Pol Espargaró has passed the threshold of thirty and, although he specifies that he is certainly not yet bedridden, what current MotoGP demands of its riders from a physical fitness point of view still reminds him that He's not 20 anymore. After three days of intense work in the Sepang furnace, he admitted feeling “ changes, especially during recovery ". But it is for this 2023 season that he is preparing more intensely and differently. He explains why, this year, we will have to eat well and sleep well, as the other would say...
Pol Espargaro is certainly in its first Grand Prix season, but it has prepared differently for that of 2023. Because to the new constraints imposed by the increasingly sophisticated, powerful and aerodynamic machines will be added the new format of the Grands Prix which will bring more than one to their knees if he underestimated the entry into this new era.
Public chat speedweek, the pilot GASGAS explains what it is: “ motorcycles have become more physically demanding, especially recently with all these devices. The category is therefore becoming more and more physically demanding ". So much for the motorcycle.
Pol Espargaró went on the hunt for muscle mass
And the new Grand Prix format? “ A fast lap was important last year, for example, but now qualifications are twice as important because this round decides your position on the grid twice over the weekend. Moreover, a race is a sprint, so you have to be very fast in a short time ».
Corrective action was therefore necessary: “ I changed my workout and tried to gain a few more pounds muscle gain to be faster on a lap by being able to push the bike as close to the limit for that lap as possible ».
He adds : " on a tour, it's good to have a lot of muscle mass to be able to handle the bike and do what you want. The stronger muscles you have, the better you can move the powerful and heavy motorcycle, especially on a trick. This is why I have been the busiest in preparation for the upcoming season » he finishes. We wish good luck to his rookie teammate from Moto2, the World Champion Augusto Fernandez, who will discover all this...
