MADRID, 7 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish MotoGP rider Pol Espargaró (Repsol Honda) has assured that despite the fact that they had a “decent” pace, they could not “expect much more” than the fourteenth final position in the British Grand Prix race at the start ” from so far back”, eighteenth.
“We have had a difficult weekend. The first few laps cost us and that made us lose contact with those in front, because in the end our speed was not bad. The pace was decent, I was 21st on the first lap and I reached the points, you can’t expect much more when you start from so far back,” he said in statements provided by his team.
Despite everything, the man from Granollers, who started eighteenth, drew positive conclusions from the weekend at Silverstone. “It was good to be able to complete a race after missing two and going on vacation. In Austria I will be stronger and we will look to finish higher,” he said.
For his part, his teammate Stefan Bradl lamented his “bad luck” throughout the weekend. “Yesterday’s penalty conditioned the entire race. When I was fighting with Dovizioso I had to cut short and then, with the yellow flag, I couldn’t overtake again. They penalized me and that made us fall further behind. We took risks with the choice of tyres, but I think it would have helped us if it wasn’t for bad luck. The positive point is that we have shown that we have the speed and that my pace is improving, this motivates me for the next race” , ended.