Alex: “Since 2019 we have improved by a second and a half, the rest by half a second”

Aleix Espargaro The (Aprilia RS-GP) said this Friday that the practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix had started “successfully” for him and that it was “always nice” to return to a circuit he hadn’t raced in so long. Told.

“I really like this country[Japan]and I really like this circuit. It was a longer session than I expected with more time to relax and work, but on the contrary it was a stressful session because of the weather. , but it was positive,” said the Spanish driver from Motegui.

Espargaro said he disagrees with this kind of long, one-time session. “We don’t have enough time to work with the engineers between one session and the next, and we don’t have a test team in Japan, so we don’t run here, so the first two stints cost a lot of money. It didn’t work, I lost a lot of electronics, traction control and a lot of time, so if you have time to work between sessions, it’s always good.”

The Aprilia rider emphasized the equality of the day. “This is unbelievable, unbelievable to be within two commas. 44.5 is a very fast time in Japan. For reference, my best lap here in Aprilia was 45.7. But today I recorded 44.5. Today they lapped about half a second faster, but I improved 1″5. It’s about being ahead in MotoGP today.”

“The bike works here. My brother was very fast too, so I’m happy. When I saw the two Hondas before, I was happy with the Pol. Honda works here. If you do Marc is faster maybe that’s true they did a test here recently so they had more data but Marc and his speed doesn’t surprise us So it doesn’t surprise me.

“Actually in Aragon, despite the mistakes in the race and everything that happened, he was already very quick, but in reality he was very quick. I think the same thing will happen here,” said Aleix. Espargaro commented.

of his rival he said: “Fabio (Quartararo) can be seen having a lot more fun than Pecco. I see him in his everyday life. I see him as a boy, someone who enjoys life, someone who is happy but also nervous.”

“Tomorrow it’s going to rain. Out Bastianini started 19th and in the first corner he started late so they touched him. No one will remember but that’s how he qualified. It was the fault of FP1 that I didn’t do… that fall… the tension was so high, it’s hard to find the point between fun and tension, ”said Aleix Espargaro, the fact that he failed in his first training session. I acknowledged about