168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro’s dream scenario for this weekend’s Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP finale is to win on his Aprilia farewell and see168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Jorge Martin crowned world champion.

After a 20-year grღand prix career, local star Es💫pargaro retires from full-time racing on Sunday, before a new chapter begins as a test rider for Honda.

Espargaro might yet race again at Catalunya as a wild-card but this weekend will bring 🌺the curtain down on an eight-year Aprilia career and, almost certainly, offer the final chance to sta♔nd on a MotoGP podium.

Winner of three of the last four races at Barcelona, Espargaro is “100%” sure he🅠 can fight for victory in both the Sprint and Sunday races.

“Last time I was here, the T♌hursday of Barcelona was a very emotional day, when I did the press conference announcing my retirement. But from Friday it was like a normal weekend. This will not be a normal weekend,” Espargaro said.

“It's a very, very special 🌼weekend. Obviously this [home] circuit is the best place on Earth for me. And hopefully, we can raise a lot of money for the Valencia people and do a good♉ show on Sunday.”

The cancellation of Valencia due to the devastating floods, means a return to the ☂circuit where in May Espargaro set a new lap r🙈ecord for pole, won the Sprint and was fourth (top non-Ducati) in the grand prix.

“I’ve prepared for the GP better ♑than I did ever in my life. I'm trying to be competitive from the beginning, 🐟trying to fight for the victory,” he said.

“I was very obsessed during the first Barcelona GP this year, but this time is a bit different. It will be the last time I will ride the Aprilia in my career, so I don't want any regrets. I want to have fun, to smile.

“I will try to fight for the victory. Anything that happens, you will see me smiling because I know that in the near futu🦄re, I will miss my mechanics. I will miss my Aprilia. So I want to have fun.”

Do you think𒀰 it's realistic to fight for the victory?

“Yes. 100%.”

That includes th🀅e Sunday race, even though Espargaro was ten seconds from race winner Francesco Bagnaia in May.

E﷽spargaro’s heightened optimism is due to the cooler temperatures meaning he can race softer tyres.

“I have confidence because we raced with the hard tyre in May ♐and I expect not to use it [this weekend] because it will be colder. I expect to go with softer compounds.

“I wa🦹s very fast, I did the lap record with the soft tyre and Michelin expects that this tyre can make the race. This is why I'm a little bit more happy and I have the feeling that we have more chances.

“But anyway, it's going to be extremely difficult, the Ducatis the last th♕ree months are flying.”

One of those flying Ducatis is Espargaro’s good friend and world championship leader Martin, who holds a 24-point advantage over re💟igning title holder Francesco Bagnaia.

Martin can wrap up his first MotoGP title if he wins, or scores two points more than Bagnaia, in the Saturday Sprint. Other♏wise, it will go down to Sꦅunday’s final grand prix.

“I love Jorge like a son and for me the priority is that he can maꦕke it,” Espargaro said.

“And obviously if he can do it on Saturday maybe then he can help a little me on Sunday, just by not going as full as they did in the last rac🍎es where he and Pecco disappeared﷽ and there was no chance for the others.

“So if he c♔an make it [the title] on Saturday, the Sunday race can be a little bit more relaxed [for them] and we can have more chances.”

But what if it goes down ꧂to Sunday and Espargaro finds himself fighting with Martin?

“If I'🦂m able to fight for the victory on Sunday, it's already unbelievable. But knowing that he is fighting for the title, it will be different. I will have to act in a diff♛erent way, 100%.

“So we will see. But yeah. I hope thisཧ is the problem!”