1st September 2024 - It was a difficult race for Aprilia Racing in Aragón. After a rather bland Sprint race, Aleix and Maverick were unable to improve on their performance in the long race due to a lack of grip that made things extremely difficult for the riders.
Aleix Espargaró had a difficult start, finding himself in sixteenth place at the end of the first lap. Despite the enormous lack of grip, the Spanish rider attempted a comeback ride, finishing the race tenth.
The race wasn’t easy for Maverick Viñales either. After a complicated start which relegated him to the back of the group, the Spanish rider also encountered a significant lack of grip which forced him to retire during the eleventh lap.
ALEIX ESPARGARÓ, #41: “We were unable to get the tyres working. It was a difficult race. I focused more on how to avoid crashing than on performance. It was even difficult to get my knee on the ground. I couldn’t even lean into turns with the bike. It was a strange and new situation for us which is hard to accept. We need to figure out what happened.”
MAVERICK VIÑALES, #12: "We had difficulty getting the tyres to work. It seemed like I was going to crash on every turn, especially with the rear tyre. It was a complicated weekend for Aprilia and for me, because after the good performance on Friday, things just stopped working.”
MASSIMO RIVOLA: “A horrible weekend. Friday we were fast with minimal grip, but then we lost our way, ending up about four seconds slower than our best times. This bad performance must motivate us to continue our analysis and development work in view of the upcoming races, starting from Misano.”
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