MotoGP: Pol Espargaro: Honda ‘wasted their time and money on me’, way of working ‘is wrong’

Pol Espargaro has criticised Honda for failing to supply him with the same equipment as six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez, after it was confirmed he would leave for KTM.
Pol Espargaro, Honda MotoGP Sepang
Pol Espargaro, Honda MotoGP Sepang

Once Honda announced Joan Mir as Espargaro’s replacement for the 2023 MotoGP season, the Spaniard was left with similar⭕ machinery as the first part of the season.

On the other hand, Marquez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Takaaki Nakagami were be🌱ing given new parts in order to develop them for the following season - this included Ducati-like rear winglets, a new Kalex swingarm, chassis and rear ride-height device.

When Espargaro was on the way out of KTM 📖to join Honda for 2021, new parts were still made available to the former Moto2 champion despite news o🔜f his departure being confirmed.

However, that was far from the case at Honda and Espargaro has critici🃏sed the Japanese manufacturer for it.&nb♏sp;

"That's how I worked at KTM. At KTM, up to Valencia, I tried new things🃏," said Espargaro.

"🧸In Valencia it was the first time I tried the rear lowered [device] for them, ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwhich is now a big thing, so in the last race I tried the rear device for them and helped them improve it.

"They're different ways of working. I think what I'm leaving is wrong, I really t🌸hink so, but it's their way of doing things. I'm nobody to tell them how to🅺 do things, I'm just a rider riding a motorcycle, that's all.

"It's hard to accept, but it's not🌳 my brand, it's not my bike, I'm just a guy they pay to ride a bike, that's all. I do what they want.

ꩲ"I certainly don't like it, and it seems to me that they wasted their time and money on me, because I could have been motivated and at full capacity, making results and enjoying things more.

"But ul🅷timately, ♎I don't know if they don't do it because they don't want to or because they can't, so that's where I'm at now."

‘Bad results’ at Repsol Honda ‘painful’, says the MotoGP veteran

A dream move at the time of signing for Repsol Honda, Espargaro’s time with the most successful team in MotoGP history was anything but impressiv💛e.

Pol Espargaro, MotoGP, Malaysian MotoGP, 22 October
Pol Espargaro, MotoGP, Malaysian MotoGP, 22 October

There were flashes of brilliance such as pole position at Silv🍎erstone and leading 17 of 22 laps at the 2022 🌺season-opener in Qatar, however, Espargaro repeatedly faced the same issues aboard his RC213V which ultimately led to a lack of performance and split between the two sides.

His poor results weren’t just affecti🦋ng morale on-track, as Espargaro also said after the final race in Valencia that it impacted his private life.

Espargaro added: "You🍎 learn a loꦰt from good things, but I think you learn even more from bad ones: how to handle negative and stressful situations. 

"I can say that these two years have been the most difficult of my sports career, because it's not the same☂ to get negative results by wearing ജnormal colours on a normal bike".

"Doing bad results with these colours is very painful. Honestly, in my private life, this affects a lot. I have two dಌaughters a𝔍t home who are two years old and enjoying them while doing these results was very difficult for me".

"Above all you learn that the g♑ood times you have to en🍰joy them, because they are short and fast, while the bad ones hurt a lot because everyone sees you. 

⛎"So I hope that the next two years the good things will come and I will be able to enjoy them a little more thanks to these two years."

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