We had left Pol Espargaro on a bed of pain and anguish shared with his brother Aleix who had gone to his bedside. And for good reason: after a fall during the warm-up of the Czech Republic Grand Prix, he struggled to get up with a broken collarbone, a crumpled neck and, above all, a spinal cord affected. For a moment, the KTM rider even lost the use of his arms and legs…
Enough to chill even the most valiant of the reckless. And Aleix Espargaró had noticed for the first time a brother concerned about his state of health... But since then, fortunately, everything is better. So much so that Pol is thinking about his handlebars again.
So, while KTM is looking for a solution to run its second bike at Silverstone for a British Grand Prix which will take place at the end of this month, the teammate of Bradley Smith called the sportsman for the Mattighofen brand Pete Beirer to inform him thus: don't look for another rider, I want to be on my bike at Silverstone!
So there are still two weeks left Pol Espargaro to recover perfectly. It will be recalled that at the Red Bull Ring, KTM entered Randy De Puniet as a test pilot in order to take over the work left by a Mika Kallio who is seriously injured in one knee...
