Pol Espargaró found his Honda on this first day of testing at Jerez, a machine he had not ridden since his heavy crash at the Valencia Grand Prix last week. An accident during FP3 on Saturday morning which ended his performance. The only valid pilot in the Repsol squad returned to combat. And he admits to suffering. But you have to hold your line...
The concern of Pol Espargaro during this first of two days of MotoGP test in Jerez was not the time and perhaps not even the tuning of his RC213V. The subject was in fact first and foremost himself, because even if he recovered from his violent fall in Valencia without the slightest fracture, the body suffered a violent shock.
Consequences that he does not hide in his end-of-day report: “ I'm quite surprised to have been able to do 45 laps. To be honest, I feel pretty broken. I also felt pain on the bike. But I was on the couch for five days, I recovered and I didn't train “, said the 30-year-old pilot. “ I've had enough of the injury now. The wind caused some additional problems and made my life more difficult ».
Pol Espargaro: “ Friday will be the important day for me«
I will espargaro will only test the new bike this Friday, Thursday the riders of the customer team Alex Marquez et Nakagami had the honor of taking their laps on the two new motorcycles Honda. " I have refined the current bike regarding the tires. Friday will be the important day for me with the new prototype that both guys rode on Thursday. It was important to come here after the fall and know that everything is working and to feel more or less good ", said I will espargaro, relieved.
« It was important to see, for example, how the soft front tire works here in Jerez, how the three compounds adapt to the rear of the bike. I can't jump on the new bike without knowing how they work ».
Pol Espargaro lost 0,85 seconds on Thursday in Jerez on the best time of the day of his colleague from the Japanese brand Takaaki Nakagami from the LCR-Honda team.
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