168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro came within 0.052s of completing a dream home MotoGP farewell💧 in Catalunya with a podium finish꧙ on Sunday.

After🅺 announcing his retirౠement at the end of this season, the Aprilia star promptly topped practice, took pole position and won the Saturday Sprint.

But Sunda🌄y's full-length grand prix, on the medium rather than soft rear tyre, proved a much toug🐷her challenge.

Dropping from pole to sixth in the early🏅 stages, Espargaro reclaimed ground and inherited third when Pedro Acosta 💟crashed out on lap 11 of 24.

A pass by Marc Marquez then stripped Espargaro of the podium with four laps remaining, 💮but the #41 dug deep and was close enough to consider an all-or-nothing lunge in the final corners.

“With the soft tyre, I was a lot stronger. But today with t♏he medium I never felt good,” Espargaro said. “At the end I tried my best to stay close to Marc, but I was just sliding, sliding, sliding.

“I tried everything because Marc had no grip on the right corners. So I said to myself, ‘OK, if you are closer in 13 or 14, maybe you ﷽can go for the inside.

🐻“But he protected the inside and at the very last moment I decided notꦛ to do it.

“I could have made a bi♓g mess! And with Marc, in Catalunya, in a special weekend for me, I didn't want that. Fourth place is good🐷 enough.

But Espargaro insisted he had no regrets: “I fought like a l💎ion all race.

“It was for a podium in🎶 my last race at home, so it was the moment to risk. So I tried everything. But Maꦆrc is Marc. No mistakes. And he secured his podium.

“You saw the first 🍒three bikes [were Ducatisও] on the podium today and the Aprilia was fourth. I tried everything but not enough.”

Espargaro finished๊ 5♏.4s clear of the next-best Aprilia of Raul Fernandez, on the 2023-spec bike in fifth.

Factory team-mate Maverick Vinales w▨as a distant 12 seconds behind൩ Espargaro in 12th.

But Espargaro admitted he could do nothing about the pace of Ducati 🦋duo Franc🅰esco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, who finished ten seconds ahead.

“They ♉beat my race time from last year by 20 second🌼s, which is crazy,” Espargaro said.

“[Du𝓰ཧcati] chose this track for testing and they improved a lot.

“They♊ found something in the tyre saving. They found something for sure with the medium tyre. This is why testing is very, very, very important.

“The 🐻result here last year was a 1-2 for the Aprilias. This year they [Ducati] chose Barcelona [as a test track]. We didn't… 1-2 for Ducatis.”

Although Espargaro intends to switch ☂to test and🍎 wild-card duties for 2025, he surprised by revealing it probably won’t be for Aprilia…