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Barcelona MotoGP Thursday Round Up: Why Aleix Espargaro Chose To Retire Now

Aleix Espargaro's assessment of his career in MotoGP exemplified the man. "I believe that I'm not good enough to be MotoGP world champion, but I proved during this this time, especially in Aprilia, that I'm a good rider," the Spaniard said, sitting in the Aprilia hospitality. "Maybe I have more talent than what I always believe. But the thing is that I work very, very, very hard. And at the end of the day I prove that talent without work you go nowhere."

He had come a long way from his first forays into MotoGP, first aboard a Pramac Ducati, replacing an injured Mika Kallio and then Nicola Canepa, then on an Aprilia RSV4-based CRT bike in 2012, after spending a year in Moto2. He had worked and grafted and seized every opportunity that came his way. The Aspar Aprilia CRT and then Open bike. The Forward Yamaha Open bike.


David EmmettThu, 23/May/2024 - 22:24

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