Espargaro back in the Top 10 at Aragon GP

After the difficult qualifying that saw both Pramac Racing Team riders getting bad starting positions, Aleix Espargarò finished the race in tenth place while Mika Kallio had to settle for the fourteenth position. During yesterday’s qualifying, the Team had problems on both bikes which were eventually resolved, in part, during this morning warm up. The warm up ended with the Pramac Racing Team in eighth and ninth position with a gap of less than one second from Hayden’s best lap. Unfortunately, the low grid position has not helped much for the green riders. After a good start in the early laps Aleix tried not to lose contact to the riders ahead of him and recover positions. During the fourteenth lap Aleix overtook De Puniet for the thirteenth position and tried to close the gap from the group of Melandri, Barberà and Bautista that where fighting for the ninth position. On the last lap he then gave the maximum to overtake Barberà on the final straight, but him and Melandri finished the race ahead of him with a lead of less than a tenth of a second. The tenth position is overall a good result for the Spaniard after a not very good start of the weekend.

Marco Rigamonti – Aleix Espargarò Track Engineer
“Aleix’ bike had a quite good set up during this morning warm up when he was very close to other riders and this gave us a huge confidence for this afternoon’s race. Unfortunately, the grid position so far back did not allow us to fight for a better position. Pity, because he could certainly fight for a top eight position. “

Aleix Espargarò – Pramac Racing Team – 10th in the race – 13th in the World Championship
“What a sprint we did with Bautista and Melandri, just within a few tenths of a second I was not able to gain a better position. In any case, the tenth position is not so bad if I think about how my weekend started on the new track at Aragon. During the first few laps I was pretty fast, but my pace did not allow me to be very close to the other riders. After the fourteenth lap where I overtook De Puniet, I had a gap to recover from Melandri and from the group that was fighting for the ninth position. Last lap I was getting close to the group and I managed to pass Barberà in the last few corners. In the final sprint for a few meters, Bautista and Melandri had finished the race in front of me with a lead gap of less than two tenths of second. I am still happy for the result. “

Source: Pramac Racing