Delighted with his new engine, ecstatic about his performance during qualifying punctuated by a fifteenth place, Pol Espargaró promised us fireworks in the race in Jerez. And in particular with A departure looks like a cannonball. The start of Spanish Grand Prix was indeed explosive with the Big Bang from KTM but Aleix's brother burned himself out trying to light the fire too much. Never mind, he will reignite the fuse in two weeks at Le Mans!
« I wanted to reward KTM for their efforts, but I pushed too hard ». Pol Espargaro is an entire character and its control is in unison. In Jerez, he perhaps confused speed and haste by sparing no effort from the start of the Spanish Grand Prix. And for good reason: he had his older brother's Aprilia in his sights!
« I did too much » concedes a Pol to the blank result while his teammate Bradley Smith brings back the points for fourteenth position with the orange motorcycle. “ We had a good opportunity to finish in the top 10. But we still have to find the limit between what is possible and what is not. We did well here and firstly because KTM did an excellent job at the factory. I wanted to thank them with points and a good ranking but I wanted too much ».
Pol Espargaro fell on the sixth lap just after and in the same place as Cal Crutchlow. " It's the race. KTM works hard to be in the top 10. Sometimes mistakes happen. We will try to get into the top 10 at Le Mans. Our bike is now quite good. The base is healthy. We can progress on it ».
« Monday's tests will be very important because they will allow us to better tune our new engine. There will also be chassis developments which should be interesting. A lot of things are coming from KTM. At Le Mans, we're going to do it again ". See you on May 19.
#SpanishGP MotoGP Race: Ranking
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
45m 26.827s
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 45m 32.963s
3. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17)
45m 41.594s
4. Johann zarco ENG Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
45m 44.428s
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 45m 49.740s
6. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 45m 51.383s
7. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 45m 51.786s
8. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
45m 54.548s
9. Alex Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 45m 58.060s
10. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 46m 5.509s
11. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 46m 7.806s
12. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 46m 10.026s
13. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 46m 10.038s
14. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 46m 14.791s
15. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 46m 18.106s
16. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)*
46m 35.712s
17. Takuya Tsuda JPN Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
46m 54.277s
Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
DNF
Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)
DNF
Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) DNF
Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)
DNF
Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) DNF
Espargaro Pol ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16)
DNF
