Until the Aragon Grand Prix, Aleix Espargaro was in the midst of the fight for the title in MotoGP, but the Asian trip destroyed his and Aprilia’s options to complete a season that seemed to be historic. However, the Spaniard has no intention of being overwhelmed by this negative end of the season and believes that finishing on the podium of the championship is a success, especially for people like him who have never been in this situation.
“For Marc Marquez or any other rider like him it is nothing to be third, but for me, who have never fought even to finish in the top ten, it would be a dream to do so,” said the Aprilia rider. “It’s all very tight, I didn’t do a great lap in Q2, but we have a good pace and we just need to get a good start so that we can have a good race.”
“I would really like to finish the championship fighting with the best of the first group, but the main objective is undoubtedly to finish third in the world championship. Any position that allows me to take the podium in the championship is fine with me, ”she said very frankly.
Aleix is playing the third position in the standings with an Enea Bastianini who will start from the 13th spot on the grid: “I will not ask them to tell me his position, especially in the first part of the race. I have to start and do my race, then if in the final Enea is in front I will see him, if she is behind they will inform me a bit ”, he explained.
Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia Racing Team
Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
With Espargaro now out of the game, the fight for the title is between Pecco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo: “Fabio has few options, very few. He surprised me because he is faster than I thought, he has the pace to win, but then two must happen. things: the first is that Pecco doesn’t finish and the second is that Ducati makes him win, which I think is even more difficult than the other. “
Aleix recalled that, in addition to his third place, the positions of the team and constructors are at stake: “It would be nice to reach them, we’ll see what we can do, we are very motivated”. It is clear that after fighting for the title, fighting for third place now doesn’t feel the same: “It’s brutal to fight for third place. For Marc Márquez or anyone else it’s nothing to be third in the World Championship, but for anyone. anything else that has never entered the top ten is a dream “.
Of course, it’s a shame that after such a brilliant season, everything collapsed at the last minute: “No, not yet. What I still have to achieve this weekend is still so great, to be third in the world, to fight against eight Ducatis, with the two Suzuki riders who were flying, against Repsol Honda, be the first Spaniard. There are many and they are all very good, this goal is still so great that I still don’t mind “.
“Then there will be time to analyze what happened, because until a week ago we were fighting for the title and we missed it, and we have to analyze why. But there will be time, now the goal we still have to reach is so big that we have to focus only on that, “said the Granollers rider.
#MotoGP #Espargaro #dream