Aleix Espargaró had to settle for fourth place in the MotoGP test at the Sachsenring and acknowledged that “it wasn’t a good race” for him because of this weekend’s recurring problem with the front wheel, which chattered on its front end.
“I also didn’t expect to finish the fourth. I went to the grid with the used tires, and well, and as soon as I put on the new ones, I went out to do the formation lap and the front wheel started to vibrate. to vibrate, which is sometimes done when before it’s done a bit cleaning and that’s it, but it’s vibrated throughout the race and I’m very slow to ride, “added Aleix.
“So I was honestly satisfied, because I couldn’t understand how by driving so slow I had scored points a quarter since I had driven so badly: closing trajectories, braking as much as I could, but I can’t ride. It’s fast. It’s embarrassing, “said Aleix Espargaro.
Regarding the tire problem, he recalled that “On Friday it happened to seven riders and they complained to the Safety Commission. Something happened to an engine or something like that, I don’t know exactly but I was riding four hard fronts this weekend and now it vibrates hard, very fast frequency and very different and in the third sector, where I was very fast all weekend, I think yesterday I was the fastest, there I was more defeated by not going through the curve ”.
The Aprilia rider said he spoke to Michelin engineers to tell them that “it’s shaking so hard, that the usual chatter frequency is seen in telemetry.” “Although in reality, I don’t really care what they say, my race is over and I’m happy because, sometimes, it’s easy to be tenth. In one lap I feel like I’m riding like Augusto Fernández with a Moto2., so I was surprised that I was fourth. Even just a few points, “he added.
Regarding the World Cup, Aleix Espargaró acknowledged that “it was difficult”. The problem is not the points, they are not that many because thirty is nothing and if Fabio crashed and I won at Assen I would be there, but the problem is Fabio is very fast in the race and we have to be realistic, now. If I had a normal tire, my speed would be with Zarco, again, like in Barcelona second or third, but Fabio put us back by three seconds. That is the reality, “he stressed.
“Anything can happen because there are many circuits left and the championship is long, we have seen a thousand things, and last year Fabio was not brilliant in the end, but the problem is on Sunday he is faster than me”, complained Aleix Espargaró.
Source: La Verdad
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