Pol Espargaró is one, along with Loris Baz, of the drivers who are doing well at the end of a disputed British Grand Prix. Victim with the Frenchman of a spectacular accident which caused the race to be stopped, the Tech3 driver escaped with some serious aches. A kind of miracle.
This 2016 season did not start so badly for Pol Espargaró managing his championship like a good father. Accumulating the places of honor, he had risen to become the one who comes immediately after the pilots of the Japanese factories. Then the competition woke up and the disappointments piled up, until this spectacular fall at Silverstone: “ I felt a violent impact in the rear after the first turn » remembers the future KTM official. “ I started to roll on the ground then the two motorcycles hit me ».
Images that sent shivers down your spine. “ One took my hand and now I must admit that my whole body is now nothing but pain. Especially my right shin. But I don't worry more than that. With relaxation and massages, it will pass. I can consider myself lucky to escape such an accident like this. There is another Grand Prix next weekend and I hope the wheel will turn so that things go better at Misano ».
Because for a while, Aleix’s brother has not been successful: “ the last races did not go as hoped. I'm always worried when I start in the middle of the peloton because it's dangerous to be in a pack and what happened confirms all that. But I missed Q.2 by a few tenths and paid the price when the rain arrived during qualifying ».
During this meeting at Silverstone, Pol Espargaro had the greatest difficulty in bringing into line the man who was only replacing the injured Bradley Smith, his teammate from the 08h00 of Suzuka, alex lowes. The latter, moreover, brings back the points for thirteenth place to the team for his first appearance at this level. For his part, Loris Baz said : " I'm really lucky and I want to apologize to Pol. I really couldn't avoid it, there was no other solution ».
