The most general attention on the Valencia Grand Prix 2022 will inevitably focus on the world championship fight between Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo, ‘finalists’ for the conquest of this year’s world title. However, regardless of the winner or runner-up, the top-3 of the world rankings is not yet decided. At present, in fact, Aleix Espargarò figure al 3rd place with his Aprilia, but with an advantage of only one point on Enea Bastianiniprotagonist of a fall in qualifying a few minutes from the conclusion of Q1.
In this way, the future Ducati rider will start from 13th position, just behind the tenth obtained by Espargarò, favored to be able to finish on the world podium. A placement that for the Spaniard would be synonymous with a more than positive result for him and for the Venetian house, as explained in no uncertain terms by number 41 to AS: “It would be crazy, a dream – commented after qualifying – for Marc Márquez or anyone else finish third in the World Championship that would be a shitbut for those who have never finished in the top ten it is a dream ”.
Limited to tomorrow’s race and the direct challenge with Bastianini, Espargarò then added other considerations: “In the first part of the GP I will have to do my race – has explained – while in the second part, if Aeneas is in front I will see him, while if he is behind I will have to do some defense. My goal is still that of 3rd place in the world championship, which would be a great result with eight Ducatis, two Suzukis flying and Honda, but we must not regret having had to give up the fight for the title. There will be time to analyze what happened, because until a week ago we were fighting for the world championship, but now we have other even more important goals. We improved compared to Friday and I’m happy with the rhythm, not the grid position. I didn’t have a brilliant ride. With a tenth and a half I would have been in the second row. The PL4s went very well, better than I thought and now I just have to get a good start. Any position that allows me to reach third place, for which we have worked hard for nine months, will be enough for me. Quartararo – he concluded – will have very little chance of winning the title. She surprised me and is going faster than I thought. He has the pace to win, while I thought it would be difficult with the Ducatis, but two other things have to happen: that is, that Pecco doesn’t finish the race or that Ducati makes Fabio win, which I think is even more difficult to happen ”.
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