Performance In MotoGP Portugal Is Less Than Satisfactory, Pol Espargaro Wants To Prove Himself At The Jerez Circuit

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JAKARTA - Repsol Honda racer, Pol Espargaro admitted that his performance when appearing in the MotoGP Portugal 2022 was less than satisfactory. Espargaro also did not deny that his team was not too happy with the results of the race which took place at the Algarve Circuit on Sunday, April 25.

Even so, Espargaro said he would make the next MotoGP series at the Jerez Circuit, Spain on April 29 -1 May a place to prove better performance.

In 25 laps at the Algarve Circuit, Espargaro did not finish the race with satisfactory results. Starting from tenth position, this Spaniard can only move up one position when he finishes.

This result was also achieved by Espargaro after he competed closely with the Marquez brothers and Francesco Bagnaia in positions six to nine in the last laps.

For most of the race Espargaro and Marquez continued to coexist in ninth and 10th positions. They were then able to achieve that result thanks to the help of incidents that befell Joan Mir and Jack Miller, both of which crashed with seven laps remaining.

Responding to the performance at the Algarve Circuit, Espargaro revealed that the Japanese factory team was not satisfied with the results they got. According to him, the Honda RC213V motorbike he was riding could not run at the speed it should have been able to achieve.

"We are not satisfied with how the race went. We didn't have the pace today. It's time to understand more why this situation happened because during pre-season we were strong," said Espargaro, quoted from the official Honda Racing website.

With the results deemed unsatisfactory at the Algarve Circuit, Espargaro then hopes his team can improve the performance of his iron horse in the next race at the Jerez Circuit in the 2022 Spanish MotoGP.

Espargaro himself wants to make the Jerez Circuit a proof of his performance. For that, he admitted that he already had several plans to evaluate his shortcomings.

“Jerez is a good place to turn this situation around. I'm glad we can go straight there to continue working," he explained.

"There are already some ideas to change the situation at Jerez, so I hope the weather there will be good," explained the 30-year-old rider.

With results that are considered unsatisfactory at the Portuguese MotoGP, Marquez and Espargaro are still in the middle of the 2022 MotoGP standings. They are in 11th and 12th position, respectively, with a collection of 31 and 30 points.