MADRID, 19 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish MotoGP rider Pol Espargaró (Repsol Honda) stressed that he is closer than it seemed in practice this Friday to fight at the top in the Austrian Grand Prix, so he hoped to close the gap in the qualifying session.
“We are not that far from the front, just half a second on a closed circuit like this is much better than our position shows,” he said in comments provided by his team.
However, the Catalan acknowledged that everyone will have room for improvement, so his fourteenth still has work to do. “But this is MotoGP so every tenth counts and there are some tools we can pull from tomorrow to close the gap,” he said.
“At the moment we are not in Q2, but if the weather holds up tomorrow we will strive to be in the top ten. We are working together at Honda to improve, Marc was also here today watching and listening to the team’s talk,” he concluded. .