"It did seem like Aprilia were a blunt knife" after Aleix Espargaro's disappointing P8 finish at Qatar MotoGP
Espargaro, at one of his favourite tracks, enjoyed a roaring conclusion to the Saturday sprint race, earning a podium finish, and was the favourite to win Sunday’s grand prix with many inside the paddock, as a result.“Weird,” was how TNT Sports’ Michael Laverty summed up Espargaro’s race.“He never had any fight from the off. He was getting beaten up, overtaken, on the first two or three laps.
But he admitted to the quick realisation that he was “extremely slow” in the race eventually won by Francesco Bagnaia.
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