Aleix Espargaro’s home Barcelona MotoGP farewell: ‘Last time was like a dream’
“It wil𓃲l be special, my last with Aprilia, with my family and friends very close🤪 to home."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro expected to ride his final lap as a full-time MotoGP rider at Valencia on November 17.
But the rescheduled season finale, following the disastrous Valencia flooding, mea🍸ns Espargar✨o will instead bid farewell to MotoGP at his local Barcelona circuit.
Espargaro🔥’s th💯oughts are still very much with the Valencia region.
But in pure performance terms, he also has slightl𓆏y mixed feelings about a return to Barcelona after such an ’amazing’ weekend in May.
The 35-year-old announced his retirement plans in a𒅌n emotional pre-event press conference before putting his🌳 Aprilia on top of the Friday timesheets, then on pole position for qualifying.
Espargaro celebrated a dream Sprint victory, his only win of the season so far, before 🦄waving ‘goodbye’ to his home fans with fourth - as top non-Ducati - in the grand prix.
Catalunya remains Espargaro’s best weekend of the year, while the RS-GP has been absent from the top three since his Sprint pod♋ium in Austria (round 11 of 20).
But with Espargaro a winner in🐭 May, and the RS-GP finishing on🌌e-two at Catalunya the year before, can Espargaro end his full-time career on a high?
“Ho🌠pefully!” Esparg🎉aro said before leaving Sepang in Malaysia.
“I’m a little bit worried because the last time we went there was an amazing🤡 weekend. I co๊uld not really dream of better.
"But I’m positive. Hopefully, it is a good one.
“ꦡIt’s not going to be that hot and that’s where the Aprilia suffers the most! For sure we will haﷺve better feelings and I hope to do a good race.
“It will be special, my last with Aprilia, with my family and friends very 🐲close to home.
"That’s🐽 the only, small, positive thing [about𒅌 the change of venue].”
Esp🌳argaro has pledged to donate prize money from the weekend in aid of Va🔥lencia.
MotoGP๊ is also due to announce special initiatives for an event officially titled as the ‘Motul 𒆙Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona’.
Esp🗹argaro will then start a new chapter as a HRC test and wild-card rider after the sea🧔son finale.
Team-mate Mav♔erick Vinales will also be riding in his last grand prix for Aprilia, before switching to Tech3 KTM.
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