168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pol Espargaro will return to competitive MotoGP 𒊎action for the first time since last year’s Valencia finale with a wild-card🐲 appearance at Mugello this weekend.

The Spaniard, who took eight podiums during his full time premi♒er-class career, switched to test-riding duties to m🌳ake room for rookie star Pedro Acosta.

The change also allowed Espཧargaro much-needed healing time after last year’s extensive Portimao injuries.

Espargaro’s return follows hot on the heels of fellow♔ KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa’s latest wild-card out🤪ing at Jerez in late April, when he finished third in the Sprint.

Bu🐽t Espargaro highlighted that Pedrosa’s situation was diff꧙erent, Jerez being one of KTM’s chosen testing tracks, whereas the factory has had no prior 2024 laps at Mugello.

As 🗹such, one of Espargaro’s main tasks is to prepare the latest RC16 parts for Monday’s official test with the꧑ factory race riders.

“Mugello is a tricky place, we know how tough and technical it is and I didn’t race since l⛎ast year in 🌟Valencia, more than six months,” Espargaro told MotoGP.com on Thursday.

“Plus, we don't have this place as a test track.

“I want to perform well, but the most important thing is to be productive for the ꧒team and give them some good information for the guys on Monday.”

Quizzed on the compari𝐆son with Pedrosa, who also battled for MotoGP podiums at Jerez and Misano last season, Espargaro replied:

“Dan🐬i was thinking maybe on performing a little bit more than testing. Also he has been racing in places that we have as test tracks - Jerez or Misanꦺo - so he was able to perform in a pretty good way. And we know how talented Dani is.

“We are in a different position. We don't test here. So we don't have information but we need that information for the guys꧟ on Monday. So that's why we've come here.

“For sure we want to perform well but it's not ꧂our priority.

“I know that in the tests I'm not bad at all, ♛but you need time on the bike because these guys come straight from Barcelona and are going to be up to speed so quickly on Friday.

“But as I said, our main target🐟 is to deliver good in𓂃formation and to help the guys to perform in the Monday test."

Espargaro missed last year's Italian MotoGP due to his Portimao injurie༺s.