Aleix Espargaro he naturally makes his status as a favorite at his home Grand Prix. After sleeping on Friday with the best combined time, he signed Perfect Saturday and took all the classifications in which he participated, two were free and Q2, his second pole of the year with a new record and his second in the Catalonia GP after the achievement with Suzuki in 2015.
“I can’t imagine what it would be like to win, it would be a dream. Winning here with this special helmet, with my whole family, after how the year is going would be brutal. I’m going to try everything, and the circuit is full of people I know I’m Aleix Espargaró, I’m not Márquez or Valentino, who unfortunately aren’t here this year and have been the heroes of every Grand Prix, but I’ll try everything I can to Show a good show and win tomorrow “
Two very important Grand Prix
“I started to be very focused on Mugello and I was able to fight for the pole and for the victory and then in the rain it escaped me and in the race I had the same speed as Fabio and Pecco and here in Barcelona it started I like them.The two are very important for me, the team home GP and my home GP and here the weather conditions allowed me to take pole position and almost all the training sessions and prepare well the bike for the race and tomorrow we will try everything “
The importance of this pole
Tomorrow at the end of the challenge, I’ll tell you, if you start well, you capitalize on the position on that pole, if you can’t get out of the clutch properly and this year it’s not so easy it won’t work well. I’ve been doing well these last few races, since Aprilia brought me the carbon clutch I’ve improved a lot. And if there’s a little problem in the back that I think my rhythm is better than theirs, we’ll see what approach I can take. ”
The importance of this race
It’s been a very nice weekend, but this is 50% of the work, the other 50% giving the points is tomorrow, I’m calm and enjoying it a lot, but like every weekend. Except in America, which is a track where I go very slow, I had the option of fighting for pole position, in Indonesia I almost crashed and I came in red. You have to enjoy every moment, every second and also this pole position because these moments that are so hard to reach are what feed your ego, you are adding fuel to that inner fire.
What kind of career awaits
I think of two scenarios: If I get to the end of the straight first, I’ll do the first lap very quickly and if they mark me 0.3 at the finish line, I’ll take three more laps to see if I can get there. a difference. If the first lap wasn’t like that, I’d be more conservative, because this weekend, I don’t think only the fastest will win. I can get away quickly but it will break the tire, so use your head and be conservative.
If renewal is a plus
No, because the example is when I talk to them I don’t go down to the podium and I believe when I tell you that I will soon be staying home for a while. But my strength and my serenity were not given to me by that, it was given to me by my family. I go home on Mondays and I do the same at home if I finish first in Argentina or eleventh in America. They are my peace of mind. You cannot control the future. I enjoy this moment. I thought that eventually it would have to fall under its own weight and if they waited longer, it would be even worse for them.
Mia, his daughter, to whom he offered his helmet, what he told her
Now I was eating with them and they said to me: “Dad, you have to win now”. And I told them that on Saturday you won’t win, you take a pole position and take a watch. And when I left the motorhome they told me, “bring us the watch”. And when I hugged him, he said to me, “have you got the watch yet?”. (Laughter).
wheel management
Aprilia has done a great job aerodynamically on various parts to cool the rear tire. I worked a lot this weekend to keep track of the pressures so they don’t escalate too much. This year, we are punished for running with low pressure. In Mugello’s first 15 only my motorcycle was “legal”. Legal in 2023. Aprilia has already given me everything I need and from now on my wrist will be in charge of it.
Who is more rival, Pecco or Fabio
I do not know. Fabio has the most points in the championship, so he’s the driver I want to deduct points from tomorrow, but Pecco has a lot of speed.
If you notice people are more restrained than you
“Yes, it shows. Before the press conference I go to the stands to sign and I sign a thousand caps when I think a hundred have been signed in the last ten years. It’s brutal. I’m honest and I tell my team that I come to Sunday more tired and tired of the tension and pressure of the people, but it’s just normal and I really enjoy it. ”
Source: La Verdad
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