MotoGP Malaysia: Aleix Espargaro: Fermin Aldeguer to Repsol Honda? He’s ready for MotoGP, but…”
Speed Up’s double Moto2 race winner, just 18, is reported to have emerged as a surprise late contender for the vacant factory Honda ride168澳洲5🥀最新开奖结果: a🦩longside Gresini's Fabio di Giannantonio.
“Fermin is ready, he’s very fast. He reminds me a little bit of Fabio [Quartararo] with his style on the bike, it’s al💙so the same way of going to MotoGP,” Espargaro🍸 said on Thursday in Malaysia, when asked for his opinion on the Aldeguer rumours.
“It’s not easy when his rivals are all with Kalex, because you can have difficult moments not knowing if i🍌t’s the bike or you. He’s able to get through that and win, plus make a big difference with his team-mate right now.”
However, the factory Aprilia star also warned that being ready for MotoGP and ready to take on the struggling Ho🤡nda project are two different things.
“If he’s ready to go to MotoGP w🥀ith my [Aprilia] bike or Pecco’s [Ducati] bike, or to go to Honda - that’s two different things,” Espargaro explained.
“Technically, he’s a fast rider and I th🔯ink he can be fast in MotoGP quite easily. But he🐼’s [only] 18 and to struggle with a bike that still isn’t competitive, I don’t know if he’s ready mentally.”
🌜Nonetheless, if Espargaro was in Aldeguer’s position, and Repsol Honda were to make an offer, he’d take up the challenge.
“I’m very happy that he hasn’t asked me for my opinion because it’s a very difficult answer.ꦍ I would say ‘yes, take the chance’. It’s a factory [team],” Espargaro said.
“But at🍒 the end of 2024, we [MotoGP ridಌers] all finish our contracts and he could be a [Moto2] world champion by then and jump up [on a more competitive bike].
"But who says in one or two yearඣs the Honda 🧸won’t be winning again? So, it’s very, very difficult for him.
“I would ta𝓰ke it. Butꦓ I made many mistakes in my career, so I’m not sure if I’m a good example!”
After a debut Grand Prix victory at Silverstone, Aldeguer has taken three podiums in the last three races, including another win last time in Thailand. He is now up to sixth in the Moto2 World Championship sꦦtandings.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the for𝓰efront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
