Espargaro struggles with bike setup in qualifying at Aragon

Definitely not what was expected for the qualifying session of home grand prix for the Spanish rider of the Pramac Racing Team, Aleix Espargarò. The Spaniard ended the session in thirteenth place this afternoon, which means having to start from the fifth row in tomorrow’s race. Both Pramac riders will have to review their bike set up to make up some positions during the race at the Circuit de Aragon which will start at 14 local time.

Fabiano Sterlacchini – Pramac Racing Technical Director
“The ranking today does not allow us to say much. Mika cannot find the right feeling with the bike in the last race weekends and the situation is not the best. However we will work hard in the warm up tomorrow morning to try to straighten the situation in the race tomorrow afternoon. Aleix start a row ahead of Mika and we hope that he can at least get into the top ten in his home Grand Prix.”

Aleix Espargarò – Pramac Racing Rider – 13th best lap time in 1’50.537
“The bike has improved a lot even if following some riders faster than me I saw that in some parts of the track I lose too much time. Particularly in long corners I cannot close the lane as I would. Now, thanks to the work of my engineers, we will try to find a good technical compromise to try in tomorrow’s warm up. I really hope to find a good solution for tomorrow’s race because many of my fans will be in the stands of this wonderful circuit.”

Source: Pramac Racing