Despite Aprilia's major improvements in 2021 and again during pre-season testing, Maverick Vinales does not believe he's ready to win a MotoGP race with the Italian manufacturer as it stands; 'To win a race in MotoGP you need to put a lot of points together. I still don't think we are ready'.
Aleix Espargaro expects Michelin to 'change a lot' their tyre compound for when MotoGP racing commences, while also claiming the new Mandalika circuit 'is not ready to race at all'.
Repsol Honda riders Pol Espargaro and Marc Marquez in buoyant mood following another impressive showing at the Mandalika MotoGP test; 'Overall I think the day was great. I think the bike is getting better and better and after today it feels like it's ready for Qatar' - Espargaro.
Aleix Espargaro claims his feeling with the new RS-GP22 is ‘a lot better’ than that of the 2021 bike after topping day-one of official MotoGP test at Sepang.
Although 'we must improve to fight with other competitors', Aprilia’s maiden podium in the MotoGP era brings the 2021 season to a 'wonderful' end according to Race Manager, Paolo Bonora.
Despite a late fall in FP2 which left Pol Espargaro very ‘angry with myself’, the Repsol Honda rider showed brilliant pace to finish P2 on day-one of the Valencia MotoGP.
Despite a crash in FP4, Pol Espargaro secured his fourth top six MotoGP qualifying result since Silverstone after finishing fifth at Portimao; ‘Today showed the progress we have made this year with the bike, with me and with the team’.
Although Pol Espargaro doesn’t ‘have the best of memories with Honda’ at Portimao, the Spaniard is confident of another good MotoGP result after making a breakthrough in recent rounds.
Maverick Vinales heads into this weekend’s second Portuguese MotoGP of the season with ‘really positive feelings’, thanks to his career best result as an Aprilia rider at Misano.
With Marc Marquez ruled out of this weekend’s Algarve MotoGP due to suffering a concussion in a training accident, Repsol Honda test rider Stefan Bradl will instead replace the eight-time world champion.
Pol Espargaro has described his first MotoGP podium with Repsol Honda as ‘a pain release’, following a big gamble to leave KTM for the Japanese manufacturer.
Repsol Honda 1-2 sees Pol Espargaro clinch his greatest MotoGP result yet; This feels so good! It feels so good after a tough season for sure. It’s a bubble of oxygen for everybody and is going to help us to work for next year’.
With MotoGP returning to Austin, Texas, could a second premier class win since his return be on the cards for Marc Marquez? Spaniard ‘looking forward’ to being at a track ‘I always enjoy’.