'I thought we would be able to be a bit closer. But from how the weekend started, I’m happy.” 💬 Aleix Espargaro says he found pace in his Aprilia MotoGP machinery too late to challenge for the win at Aragon ⬇️
The Aprilia was expected to be in contention for victory coming to Aragon having taken some of the Italian marque’s best results of a season in previous years.
Overtaking KTM’s Brad Binder on the last lap to take his first podium since the Italian GP, Espargaro is now just 17 points off championship leader Fabio Quartararo – who crashed out on lap one after a collision with Marc Marquez. “The expectations were very, very high before arriving to Aragon because I knew it was one of the best tracks of the last part of the championship,” he added.