MotoGP Malaysia: A fiery start for Aleix Espargaro at Sepang

Aleix Espargaro’s Aprilia ‘heat problems’ got a lot worse during opening practice for the 2023 Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang.
Aleix Espargaro, Malaysian MotoGP, 10 November
Aleix Espargaro, Malaysian MotoGP, 10 November

The Spaniard, like fellow RS-GP riders Maverick Vinales and Raul Fernandez, had struggled to bre🔥athe due to the intense heat from the bike in𒁃 Thailand.

But things got even hotter in FP1 at Sepang when, after a harmless lowside at the final hairpin, big flam✨es be𝓰gan firing out of his machine.

Espargaro ran over to the bike to switch off the 🐠engine but soon sprinted🥂 away again when the flames appeared.

Fortunately, the Malaysian marshals put out the♏ fire b🍎efore significant damage was caused.

Espargaro went on to finish seventh fastest in opening 🧸practice.

Aprilia has some bodywork modi🌠ficationsꦇ to try and reduce the heat on their riders in this weekend’s races.

 

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