Aleix Espargaro on Marc Marquez: “If Honda don’t give him a good bike…” | “I have weapons”
Espargaro, after mounting somewhat of a MotoGP title threat in t🌃he early stages of last season, eventually fell away but the preseason test in Sepang went positively for Aprilia who hope to rebound.
Marquez, meanwhile, remains limited by his Repsol Honda bike’s issues ahead of a season where he could match 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valentino Rossi’s seven premier class championships.
“For me, Marc is the most talented rider I’ve raced with,” Espargaro told . “Now, however, there is a great levelling between the bikes and also the level of riders is very high.&nbs♈p;
“Before there were four or five riders in front of every🍰one. Even getting into the top 10 ha♊s become difficult.
“If Honda do not give him a good bike, it will be dif⛄ficult for Marquez to fight. Aprilia and Ducati are doing an incredible job. There is a theme that the Italian brands are educated to a high level, wha♛t is happening with the Japanese brands is strange."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia’s title reign will inevitably be challenged by Yamaha’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo, and probably also his own factory Ducati teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini.
Pramac’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin will fancy his chances and KTM hope their new duo of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder can fight at the front regularly.
“There are many strong Ducatis and practically no🐻 rookies,” said Espargaro. “So there ar✨e a dozen riders who can win the championship.
“Will it rew🦄ard regularity a lot because there are more races or can you risk more because t🙈here are more chances to recover points? It’s not an easy question.
“The goal is the title. But I𓆉 have no pressure and I am relaxed.
“I know I have the weapons and the experience ♐that I didn’t have at the beginning of last year.
“I have matured as a rider so I feel calm.
“In the past two years, not🦩 only I have learned a lot, but the whole of Aprilia has.”
Aprilia race manager Paolo Bonora emerged from Sepang warning ౠthat their RS-GP will profit from a new engine at the Portimao test, turning into the machine most likely to threaten the Desmosedici.
“We are trying to prepare as best we can, but we will only find out in Portimao what will happen,” Espargaro, who finished fourth in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings in 2022, said.
“The positive thing is thaꦿt nobody liked FP3! But now Saturday will be stressful.
“When 🤪the riders said we weren’t convinced by Sprint races it isn’t because we don’t like racing. But 42 s🌃tarts in MotoGP is dangerous.
“It would have been better to try five Sprint races 🉐- but I don’t organise the championship.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a 🐻d🔜ecade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
