In the atmosphere of jubilation and congratulations at the end of the season, where everyone highlights the satisfactions to better push the pitfalls and disappointments under the carpet, Aleix Espargaró's speech sounds like a false note. But the official is outspoken that his employer Aprilia has already experienced it. His last outing on the handlebars of the Honda Repsol available since the retirement of Jorge Lorenzo will thus be a landmark…
Behind the scenes of the last Grand Prix in Valencia were particularly agitated. First there was the announcement of a Jorge Lorenzo indicating that he was exercising his retirement rights. A situation which immediately opened the debate on his succession. Three drivers were in the running: Crutchlow, Alex Marquez et Johann zarco. He is the brother of Marc Marquez and especially the 2 vintage Moto2019 World Champion who will have the handlebars, making a loser in the person of the Frenchman who thus sees himself pushed out of MotoGP.
A situation that does not disappoint at all Aleix Espargaró who says what he thinks of a Johann zarco who started the season at KTM, as a teammate of his brother Pol… “ If Honda decided to sign Álex Márquez, I think it would be the best decision. Álex is the Moto2 champion and Marc would be happy ».
The following is more incisive: “ People might say that Zarco deserves this bike, but for me it's not like that. I think if Zarco deserves this bike, Pol and I deserve it ten times more. The attitude he showed this year was unprofessional to me. The people who are with me at Aprilia know how many times I cried last year and this year. But it's our job, it's our life. »
The RS-GP driver estimates Todocircuito that zarco was not respectful to the people of KTM by making the decision to leave the project at the end of the season: “ there are a lot of people behind us, with a lot of families working very hard. A lot of money is being put into these projects. So stop and say "this bike is bad, I'm going home", for me, he doesn't deserve to ride the bike of the best team in the world. »
