Alex Espargarò he had to settle for the position number four at the Catalan GPappointment number six of 2024 MotoGP World Championship. The Iberian riding the Aprilia, great winner of the Sprint Race, was unable to fight for the podium, giving way to the winner Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin and Marc Marquez.
Unlike yesterday, the centaur (who this weekend also announced his retirement from competitions at the end of the year) didn’t find much gripas he himself admitted once he arrived in the mixed area:
“We needed more grip – said the Spaniard – I tried at the beginning but the bike slipped, I tried to protect the podium but Marquez was too fast. I hope to do well at Mugello, they are two very important and special weeks: it is the home GP for Aprilia, this was the home GP for me“.
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Finally Espargarò added: “I’m not sad but I was hoping to fight for the win, it was a shock to lap with a ten second gap. But races are like this, they are made to improve so we’ll see at Mugello”.
