Aleix Espargaro: "It has been a very happy year, I am very happy and proud"

Aleix Espargaro has become the main character in a new phase of ‘The DAZN Box’. In it, he showed remorse for some past controversies, although he pointed out that a part of the environment was not conducive to spreading the good image of his personality.

“I have regrets, I made a mistake and I feel bad. You see it with perspective, it’s colder, now I’m calmer, and I feel bad because an image was sold to me that wasn’t real. I have never insulted anyone, ”he said.

The Aprilia rider considers himself a sincere rider, always expressing his feelings. “I am what I am and I say what I think, and sometimes it makes you black or white, or love you or hate you. If I have so many people who love me, so many followers with so few awards that I have, it’s because I’m always transparent. When the races are over or you have something to say, I will say. I’m not saying: ‘Thanks to my team, everything went well, until next time’. That’s what 80 of the 93 riders at the World Championship will tell you, but I don’t“, counted.

The Spanish rider is having the best season of his sporting career and is currently second in the MotoGP World Championship, after achieving his first victory in the premier class. “We are up front, fighting for the World Cup. This has been a very happy year, I am very happy and proud ”is said.

Also, Espargaró emphasizes the trust he always puts aprilia. “A year and a half ago, when we started improving the bike, the 2020 RSGP, which started to be a serious bike, started to see that it handled well. He did things that if he improved, the bike would go there. On the 2021 motorcycle, he told technicians: ‘We’re not that far away. If we improve traction, we get revolutions, if the bike runs a little more, I think I can win races, I can be up front. ‘ And Aprilia has already done so. Aprilia achieved a motorcycle that had more traction, was more agile, the engine rotated faster and it ran faster, and I showed it off ”, he thanked.

Referential figure with the help of Aprilia and Pol

Massimo Rivola, CEO of Aprilia in MotoGP, emphasized Espargaró’s figure within the team. “I always defend Aprilia. When they want to pick up young drivers, I don’t want to say the names, I go to a thousand meetings to try to convince them, explain the project to them. I felt like Aprilia, a very interesting project for six years ”, said Aleix Espargaró.

In addition, a fact that proves the importance of the driver from Granollers within the Italian brand is the management of his partner’s signature, Maverick Vinales. In this sense, Aleix put Aprilia’s interests ahead of his own, despite the fact that some people from around Espargaró’s older brother didn’t see very well Viñales ’signing of the Italian brand: “A lot of people, from outside and even people from my own circle, said to me: ‘Very well, you’re bringing the’ wolf ‘into your own house.’ And I said: ‘First of all, he’s a friend and I want to help him,’ ”Aleix said.

Despite the fact that he is now going through his best year on the bike, his sports career has been marked by misfortune and mistakes in making some decisions. “My sports career has been very unstructured, a lot. Certainly, most of it is my fault and elsewhere I may not be at fault too. I only found stability after 26-27 years. In the last 4-5 years, I think I’ve done a great job, but not before. There are many potholes in the road ”, Espargaró said.

In his most difficult moment, when he did not have a motorcycle to compete in the 250cc World Championship, his brother, Pol EspargaroHe wanted me to be a part of his successes. “My older brother gave me the cable. He told me: ‘I’ll give you a salary, come with me on the track, you help me with whatever is needed’. I remember Pol’s championship, when he won the Moto2 championship, and I said: ‘Pol won it, but I feel like I partially won that championship because I suffered with it’. I remember seeing him cry when he was losing races against Redding (Scott Redding), picked him up and said, ‘Come on, we’re going to win this championship.’ He kind of took me out of the house, to the left ”, explained Aleix.