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Pol Espargaró is the spearhead of a KTM adventure in MotoGP which experienced its third season of existence in 2019. He spares no effort and his results are often a feat given the level of his equipment that still needs to be raised. But he often hears this idea that with a Marc Márquez on it, the RC16 would undoubtedly be victorious. A speculation which, by dint of being repeated, annoys…

2019 was a positive year for Pol Espargaro. He managed to score 100 points with KTM and to close the championship as 11th in the general classification. He almost doubled the score obtained in 2017 (55) and 2018 (51) on the Austrian bike KTM.

He boasts eight top-10 finishes earned this year in MotoGP. With the contribution of Honda experience distilled by Dani Pedrosa, the RC16 evolves. For 2020, the team hopes to continue growing, managing to consistently stay in the top ten and close the gap to the top teams. We would even consider top 5s on occasion…

Everything would be fine if some people did not imagine that everything would be even better, and even very well, if Marc Márquez was in place of Pol Espargaró. By being pushed around in this way, the younger brother of an Aleix who rides an Aprilia responds: “ Would Marquez be faster than us? ? he asks in a question that encompasses all KTM riders. “ We don't know what would happen if he got on a KTM. It's clearly very fast, but we don't know... »
Will we know one day? Negotiations for the 2021-2022 period will open…

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