Despite finishing third in the French Grand Prix, Aleix Espargaro admits he “doesn’t know what’s going on” with Aprilia over his contractual issues for the 2023 MotoGP season.
Last Sunday’s Le Mans race saw the senior Spaniard hold off home icon Fabio Quartararo to place third, his 3rd straight podium result in 2022 and 4th overall.
Espargaro is now only four points behind Quartararo in the overall randings, despite the Aprilia rider continuously demonstrating that he and his package are legitimate title challengers.
But he still hasn’t signed a contract with Aprilia until 2022, with Espargaro admitting during the Austin weekend that previous conversations with the Italian manufacture had left him “sad” since the two parties couldn’t agree on terms.
“I don’t know what’s going on there,” Espargaro remarked after his Le Mans podium when questioned if he was making it impossible for Aprilia to say no to him.
“It’s not affecting me. I’m very happy and I’m enjoying the moment.
“It will help really to know as soon as possible my future, because it will give me some tranquillity.
“I would say there’s nothing more I can do – yeah, I can win every race, but this is very difficult. Finishing every race in the podium is all I can do.
“But the market is crazy, the championship is crazy, the level of every rider is unbelievable.”
Espargaro claims the 2022 Aprilia is the motorcycle “I always dreamed of” having and that he doesn’t know how to describe his present “crazy” form.
“I have no words, sincerely,” he admitted. “I have no explanation, what’s happening I don’t really understand.
“I am enjoying this year a lot, I have the bike that I dreamed.
“I asked the engineers to make this bike like I’d always dreamed, and they did it which is very difficult. In the pre-season they improved the bike a lot.
“This bike I have is the bike I always dreamed of. Now I’m just four points behind Fabio, 100 points in seven races, leading the teams’ [championship]. It’s insane.”
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