The Aprilia rider is still in second place in the general table, 32 points behind Fabio Quartararo, who will start three positions ahead of him this Sunday. The youngest of the brothers from Granollers (Barcelona) appeared in San Marino with the intention of stopping the bleeding of points in favor of Pecco Bagnaia, third in discord in the brawl for the World Cup, winner of the last three stops on the calendar, and that circles 12 points behind him.
It won’t be easy for him to do so at the Marco Simoncelli circuit, where Ducati is running wild after placing four of its Desmosedici in the top four places on the results sheet.
“The Ducati wall is there and we know it will always be there. We have been saying for a long time that they are doing a very good job. They are going fast without meaning to,” Espargaró commented.
The Catalan is aware that he must move up a gear if he wants to maintain his chances of capping the crown, given that he has not been on the podium since the Italian Grand Prix at the end of May.
“The points are tomorrow, we have to be calm. We worked well, we turned the bike around, we made it a little longer, more how Maverick handles it, to increase stability under braking,” summed up the Spaniard, who in the last three appointments he has added 45 points less than Bagnaia, but two more than Quartararo.
The Aprilia rider knows that he will have to fight hard to be able to present a candidacy for the podium, but he believes that, in the different training sessions, especially in the fourth, in which Viñales , his workshop neighbor, finished second and he finished third.
“In the fourth free trial I think we were the fastest, and in qualifying things weren’t there to play the guy. You risk it 1% less and lose five places; this is MotoGP”, settled the #41.
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