MotoGP Indonesia: Angry Aleix Espargaro on Pol's bad news: "Better I don’t say what I think..."
But Aleix i💜s far less content wit꧃h the situation ‘as a member of this paddock’.
In other words, that a rider with a 🦹ꦬcontract for next season has lost his full-time race seat.
KTM faced a situation where five riders were signed for next year, with the addition 𒈔of Motไo2 title leader Pedro Acosta, but only four bikes are available.
A request to run a fifth RC16&n𝔉bsp;was turned down by Dorna and Pol Espargaro will now step back to allow Acosta to take his place at GASGAS Tech3.
“I’m happy for [Pol] because he will be safe next year and can spend m🔯ore time at home with his family,” said factory ඣAprilia rider Aleix.
“I expected🔯 to see him a bit worse, and I see him happy🧔.
“So I am happy as his brother, but as a member of this paddock it is better that I do not say what 🥃I think.”
The other major rider move confirmed this ꧃week was Marc Marquez’s switch to Gresini Ducati.
While acknowledging ♛‘you never know’ what can happen, Aleix Espargaro says all the ingred𓂃ients are in place for the #93 to be back at the top.
“I said when Marc was winning [up until 2019] that he could win for the ne✅xt 20 years but then look at the mess with the [arm] injury, with the improveꦺment of the Italian brands and not the Japanese brands... Everything can happen.
“[But] he is one oﷺf the most, if not the most, talente🌠d riders ever. So take the best bike now, put him together with it, and you’ll see [what happens]…”
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino 🐼Rossi come ༺and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
