RiderTua.com – Aleix Espargaro commented on the difficult weekend in Portimao, but also Vinales’ DNF.. After the competitiveness shown in Qatar, Aleix Espargaro really felt the difficulties in Portugal: eighth place in both the sprint and long races. Unlike his teammates, he was unable to utilize his Aprilia RS-GP well. He will try to turn things around at the next race in Austin.
Aleix Espargaro: Unreasonable Things Happened to Vinales
The Catalan rider analyzed his difficult weekend at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve.. ” I wasn’t competitive all weekend, although I don’t think it was a disaster. But I wasn’t fast, I never felt comfortable on the rear tire. In the race I didn’t start well and at turn 7 someone hit me hard, at the end of the first lap I was in twentieth place. Actually my speed was not bad, I did several laps at low speed in the range of 39 seconds and recovered a lot of positions. I overtook the group of Bezzecchi and Quartararo, “in the end in eighth position I collected some good points. I think our level is equivalent to the factory KTM, fifth or sixth,” he said.
Espargaro also tried to explain what differences there were between himself and Vinales, who felt comfortable in Portimao. “I didn’t have rear tire grip and I couldn’t take advantage of my strength, namely entering corners. I think this is the first time since I was with Aprilia that I didn’t “I can be fast in corners, my advantage over Maverick. I don’t like the rear tire at all and I didn’t feel well all weekend,” he added.
Speaking about Maverick, Aleix also commented on his failure due to problems with his bike, which occurred on the last lap due to the failure of his RS-GP gearbox. He did his best race since joining Aprilia, I feel sorry for him and the team.”
If he doesn’t experience problems, maybe Maverick Vinales will be on the podium, and even have a chance to fight with Jorge Martin for his first win in Sunday’s main race.
