Espargaro battled through a heel injury from a biking accident at Mugello final weekend to qualify eighth and stay there for the sprint, before snatching sixth from KTM’s Jack Miller within the Italian Grand Prix.
Ducati dominated the weekend at Mugello, with Francesco Bagnaia taking pole, dash victory, grand prix win and quickest lap, whereas the Italian model locked out the podium in each contests.
It has gained all however one grand prix in 2023 and all however two of the sprints.
Commenting on Ducati’s kind in MotoGP proper now, Espargaro mentioned: “The factor I hate essentially the most is how simple you see how they experience.
“Even Pecco’s pole place lap, he had no motion in any respect. It regarded like a Components 1 [car], with the steadiness they’ve.
“It’s loopy the quantity of energy they’re able to placed on the bottom. So, we couldn’t match this.”
Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia Racing Workforce
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
Espargaro admits his grand prix kind got here as a shock as he felt like his foot damage would have held him again, given how unhealthy he felt throughout FP1.
However he additionally notes, no matter damage, Aprilia “didn’t have the competitiveness” to match the Ducati riders within the grand prix.
“Sincerely, I didn’t count on to experience like this after free apply one,” he mentioned.
“I couldn’t experience [after FP1], it was loopy the ache that I had. I’ll go to the hospital to do extra assessments as a result of the medical doctors actually don’t perceive why I’ve that a lot ache, why the ache is stuffed with blood if nothing is damaged.
“I have to do extra assessments, perhaps it’s one thing to do with ligaments or no matter.
“I had numerous medicine for the race. I didn’t have a number of ache, however I couldn’t actually use the rear brake.
“So, I simply depart the foot on the peg with out taking part in with the foot and I completed actually, actually drained.
“I used to be not capable of experience free, nevertheless it’s not an excuse. We didn’t have the competitiveness to match the Ducatis.”