Aleix Espargaro: Damage limitation, Fabio ‘best rider’, Zarco near miss... Full story 👉 MotoGP AustrianGP
Aleix Espargaro admits Sunday’s Austrian MotoGP could be ‘damage limitation’ from ninth on the grid - but remains ‘competitive’, including a cancelled qualifying lap equal to title rival Fabio Quartararo.
But the Aprilia rider brushed the green paint on the exit of Turn 8 and the time was cancelled for exceeding track limits. “The bike is good, but it's not good enough here in this circuit with the Ducatis,” Espargaro said. “I mean we are competitive, but the level of the championship is very high and there are some tracks where you have to limit the damage and take the maximum points possible.
“Here and Misano are the only two races that I'm a little worried about [from now on]. But especially here. And sincerely, if you analyse the data, the lap time they cancelled was exactly the same as the first non-Ducati bike, of Fabio, and just two-tenths from [pole].Espargaro: Fabio 'best rider on the grid'
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