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 the early stages of last season, eventual🧸ly fell away but the pr𒈔eseason 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: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 betཧween the bikes and also the level of riders is very high.&n๊bsp;
“Before there were four or five riders in 🐬front of everyone🧔. Even getting into the top 10 has become difficult.
“If Honda do not give him a good bike, it will be difficult 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, what is happening with the Japanese brands is strange."
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia’s title reign will inevitably be challenged by Yamaha’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo, and probably also his own factory Ducati teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini.
Pramac’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin will fancy his chances and KTM hope their new duo of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder can fight at the front regularly.
“𝓰There are many strong Ducatis and practically no rookies,” said Espargaro. “So there are a dozen riders who can win the championship.
“Will it reward regularity a lot because there are more races or can you risk more because there 🌞are more chances to recover points? It’s not an easy question.
“𒁃The goal i🧸s the title. But I have no pressure and I am relaxed.
“I k🌞now I have the weapons and the experience that I didn’t have at the beginning of last yearꩵ.
“I have matured as a rider so I feel calm.
“In the past two years, not only I have learned a lℱot, but the whole of Aprilia has.”
Aprilia race manager Paolo Bonora emerged from Sepang warning that their RS-GP will profit from a new engine at the Portimao test, turning into the machine most likely to threaten𒐪 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings in 2022, said.
“The positive thing is 🌞that nobody l𒐪iked 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 starts in MotoGP is dangerous.
“It would h🌟a𝐆ve been better to try five Sprint races - but I don’t organise the championship.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ever🌜ything from American sports, to footbal💯l, to F1.
