Aleix Espargaro reveals Aprilia’s error, his loss reduced to zero

Spaniard Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia RS-GP), who had an electronic problem with his bike on the warm-up lap before the start of the race, said clearly: “He was very calm and could win. No doubt. , we would have been disastrous if Pecco and Fabio were on the podium,” he admitted.

Regarding his problem, Aleix Espargaro explained: I turned it off and on and did everything but it was a map loaded by them (the electronic technicians) and it was the second bike I hadn’t ridden all weekend and it had non-race tires And I knew from the beginning that the bike wasn’t working. ”

“It was still very fast, but overtaking is very difficult on this track and I lost a lot of time behind Di Giannatonio, who was slower than me, but I was waiting for the red flag, so I stayed on track.” Aprilia riders continued, “the aforementioned” program is “to ensure that you don’t waste gas when you go to the grid, and that the bike doesn’t exceed 5,000 rpm and 80 rpm per hour.” explained.

“Sometimes they lose their GPS and they don’t come back until they pass sector 1 or 2, so I tried everything. I tried everything. I turned it off. On the switchboard.” I did a reset’ and threw the throttle wide open to see if the cutoff would trigger the alarm, but nothing. It was the second bike, but with the soft rear it was not possible,” lamented Aleix Espargaro.

“It has cost me a lot to be here. Mistakes like that make me angry.”

The Aprilia rider said he wasn’t angry: “Soon the electronics came to apologize and told me it was his fault. These things happen, so I hugged him. But I We took a step back for the championship. Aprilia is not Ducati, not Yamaha, not Honda. I am not Marc Márquez. Being where I am has cost me a lot. , a lot, a lot, and mistakes like that haunt me,” he stressed.

In a positive way, Aleix Espargaro said “You have to work hard to win the race.” “Fabio is one race behind me, with four races to go, so that’s the only option left for me. I have to win in Thailand or Australia and Malaysia. I have to win. It’s not possible if you don’t win all the podiums.” .”

Looking back on the race Aleix Espargaro “The engine didn’t start at all,” he said. “I’m very old and the first few laps the steering was closed and on the third lap they sent me a message to soften the rear tire I was on, It never worked for me, I was one of them, it was obvious that the soft didn’t work, so few people came out to “warm up” directly at the intermission.