Aleix Espargaro Pesimistis Bisa Tembus 3 Besar Klasemen Akhir MotoGP 2022, Ini Penyebabnya

JAKARTA - Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro is pessimistic that he can break the top three in the final standings of MotoGP 2022. This is because he admits that he has always failed to compete with Enea Bastianini in the last few races.

For Espargaro, the hope of winning the title this season has also been dashed since the 2022 Malaysia MotoGP race. At that time, he was only able to finish in 10th position.

The result made him unable to catch up with potential champions, Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo.

Even though he feels unable to catch the title, Espargaro still has a chance to finish third in the final standings of riders this season. If successful, it will be Espargaro's highest achievement in the first class.

But to achieve that, the main condition is that Espargaro has to finish over Bastiani in the final series in Valencia MotoGP, this weekend.

This requirement makes Espargaro not sure. Because according to him, the performance of the Ducati motorbike was extraordinary to the point of frustration.

The result from Ducati, even though I hate to say it, is amazing. It doesn't matter who rides that bike, but anyone can finish in the top six. This really makes us frustrated," Espargaro said as quoted by Speedweek on Tuesday, November 1.

Espargaro's pessimism has strong reasons because he has never finished in the top eight in the last four races. After securing the third podium in Aragon on September 18, Espargaro's position was always thrown away.

Meanwhile, Bastianini actually performed well. He managed to win in Aragon and finished in the second podium in the race in Sepang, some time ago.