Way down the order following a very promising d𒁏ay one of the Sepang MotoGP Test, Espargaro was left disappointed after a turn 12 crash meant he was on the backfoot compared to his rivals.

Espargaro eventually finished the day in 20th place as Ducati once again topped the timingsheets courtesy of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin. 

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“Really stupid day,” said Espargaro. “It’s a day that’s better to stay at home with Netflix because unfortunately the track took ൲time to dry and when the track dried I went out and was com🌺ing really fast with a 1m 58s, but I crashed in turn 12. 

“I had a problem with the brakes.꧃ I had no brakes and a couple of vibrations in the braking [zone] before corner 12. Then I was wide and I just losꦓt the front. 

“When the mechanics finished the bike I went back out, one lap, then it sta🅺rted to rain again. We lost a lot of time today, unfort🌼unately. 

“We had a lot of aerodynamic stuff to try ꦗbut we couldn’t do that due to the conditions today.”

What is a good sign 𓄧for Espargaro and Aprilia is the level of performance they’ve shown when able to put several stints together in dry conditions.

A lighter cha𒁃ssis and a slightly faster engine are the words Espargaro used to describe the 2023 RS-GP, with the Spaniard now keen to make up for lost time on Sunday. 

Espargaro said: "The bike is slightly better in many small details. The chassis is a little bit lighter due to the aero and th🌊e engine is a tiny bit faster so everywhere is a little bit better. 

"But I’🔜m not sure it’s going to be enough. They told me that racing engines will be one step more competitive. 

"They are ꦓon the dyno al🐎ready and working quite good. After the Ducatis we are quite good but all the Ducati riders are really good."

Although 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales was 🌺only two places higher up the ord💧er than Espargaro, the former Yamaha rider was pleased with his day after putting in work on the new aero parts.

It means Vinales can focus the final day towards extracting as much raw speed from his Apri♕lia as possible. 

Vinales added: "Not much to say. Only we got ꦰinformation which is important. We made the job that you need to make with used tyres but I diꦏdn’t put a good set [of tyres]. 

"I’m happy because the job we needed to maybe do tomorrow, we did today, so tomorrow I can concentrate on ridi🀅ng and see the speed we have."