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Aleix Espargaro affirms, “Sunday is all or nothing.”
Aleix Espargaro joins Valentino Rossi (432), Andrea Dovizioso (346), Loris Capirossi (328), Simone Corsi (319) and Tom Ruti (318) in the feat on the weekend of completing 300 Grand Prix races. We cling to the minimal option of continuing the mathematical title fight from Granollers to Valencia.
“I’ve seen that if you get a podium here or a win and cut 5, 8 or 10 points, anything can happen in Valencia.”, Aprilia’s ‘Il Capitano’ declared.
“Frankly, I feel like I’ve lost everything and I have to keep attacking. If you drive full throttle without feeling pressured or nervous, like we did in Holland, for example, that’s how it goes. And at other Grands Prix, I bring out the best version of myself.
From his words at Phillip Island about the fact that he wasn’t ready to fight for the world championship, Alex Espargaro admits he probably should have kept them to himself and used them within the team. I was.
“But that’s what I feel. After Australia, not for Australia, but for the last four or five races, I felt as soon as I went to the circuit that things went a little bit wrong. I don’t have the data. , I’m losing a lot of time,” he said.
“We are making very slow progress. We made mistakes like in Japan that other MotoGP teams don’t remember. So I still insisted a little bit more aggressively, but we built more for the future. We should have done it in a more formal way, but that’s what I feel, and this year we’re not up to the level of Ducati or Pecco,” the Spanish rider assured.
“One of the things we’ve been discussing with the team recently is that with eight bikes you can do more work and get more data, for example in terms of tires,” he commented. did.
“That’s why when they asked me a lot about the satellite team, it was very important to me. I think it will be a little bit easier next year because I can benefit from being Aprilia’s number one rider,” said Aleix Espargaro. He explained that a satellite team would arrive at
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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