Aleix Espargaro says he 'needs' to win the Australian GP this weekend in order to have a shot at taking this year's MotoGP title.
coming into this weekend's Phillip Island round, with 75 points still on offer in 2022.
Ending Friday's practice in Australia seventh overall sandwiched between his main title rivals Quartararo andAsked what he feels he needs to do on Sunday, Espargaro replied:"Win, because 20 points looks not so much. "Yeah, sincerely yes because in Thailand I worked really hard to have the speed," he said when asked if it was important to him to be fast straight away in Australia."I tried two completely different bikes, I insisted so much, and in the warm-up we improved a little bit but I was not better than top 10, top eight maybe.
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