Waiting to announce his future, which in all likelihood will lead him to get back on a KTM , the Honda rider is going through a delicate moment that surely reached its lowest point in Germany, last week, by not being able to complete the race .
On Friday, during the first free practice session, the Spaniard suffered two falls, the second of which was extremely spectacular, in which he suffered a tremendous blow to the ribs.
Despite starting, the youngest of the brothers from Granollers (Barcelona) was unable to cross the finish line and returned to the workshop eight laps from crossing under the checkered flag.
Despite the intensive recovery treatment he underwent in recent days, the first day of training in the Netherlands does not allow him to be sure that he will be able to race due to the consequences of that accident, and the pain that travels with him on the bike .
“To get on these bikes you have to be perfect and I’m not. My body has said enough, it’s hard for me to breathe. I didn’t expect to be like this,” said Espargaró, who finished 19th in the combined time table, 1 .5 seconds from Pecco Bagnaia, the fastest of all.
The Catalan rider, who after the test in Germany returned home to Andorra, where he tried to speed up the recovery of the rib area, looked fine until he got on the bike and went back to working with his body, especially required in the afternoon practice, already with dry asphalt.
In a most normal and almost unconscious reaction, Polyccio tried to mitigate the pain in the area in question with the rest of his body, a logical resource but one that usually has compensation.
“It’s quite hard for me to breathe. I have a huge contracture in my back from protecting the rib area with the rest of my body. It’s hard for me to catch my breath and it hurts a lot. I hope that, with a little anti-inflammatory, tomorrow I can be better little better,” said #44, whose intention is to go out on the track this Saturday, even though he will not take risks that could be counterproductive to his health.
“There’s a break after this (five-week) race, and that will help me. For me it’s important to be on top of the bike, but if I’m like this tomorrow [Saturday] I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it. If I’m competitive, and that happens to finish in the top ten, I’ll get on. If I see that I can’t, then I’ll think about what to do. It will depend on how I get up”, Espargaró clinched.
