Aleix Espargaro says he wants his MotoGP career to be remembered by the fact “that hard work beats talent”, follﷺowing his retirement.

The 35-year-ol✃d called time on his MotoGP career at the conclusion of last week’s 2024 season finale at home in Barcelona having made his deb♉ut in the world championship in 2004.

Espargaro made his MotoGP debut in 2010 with Pramac, before becoming a permanent fixture from the 2012 season, riding for the likes of Aspar, Forward Raಌcing, Suzuki and finally Aprilia during this tenure.

It was wi♎th Aprilia where Espargaro found the most success, scoring a maiden grand prix victory in 2022 in Argentina before scoring two more in 2023.

As꧒ked by wuqian0821.com after he finished a fighting fifth in his last race how he would like to be remembered, Espargaro replied: “There is a sentence that many💫 people use, that hard work beats talent.

“And I truly believe that this is true. I always felt during🃏 my career that I had 🎶less talent than many of my mates.

“But by working very hard, putting in all the effort, using all the resou♉rces of my team, all the people꧂ around, having a good team around me, being smart, working hard definitely, you can do what you want.

“I 𒐪would like to be remembered as one wh🅠o never gave up.”

Espargaro could still race in 2025 as a wildcard as part of his testing du✅ties with Honda, though said after the Solidarity GP that it wasn’t something he was pl꧒anning at this stage.

On his emotions after his last race, Espargaro added: “I have really low te𒁃nsion - after the chequered flag I had a big relief.

“Obviously, I will miss a lot Aprilia and my RS-GP a lot. But 🙈I didn’t♚ want to race anymore.

“So, I have a big relief. I’m very happy, very proud of this little kid when I arrived, what I’ve achieved, thꦇe family that I make.

“I think there is a new chapter in li🦄fe. Enough is enough.

“I think in life 🐼it’s very important to understand the timings and I’m very lucky to be able to say go🌄odbye like this.”