MotoGP Americas, Austin: Aleix Espargaro falls after ride-height glitch: ‘They need to solve it, Raul had the same problem’
Unlike team-mate Maverick Vinales, Espargaro gotಌ a strong🦂 start and was battling for third into the turn one hairpin.
But hi🐬s race was doomed when the ride-height device on his factory Aprilia failed to unlock.
The☂ Spaniard continued to Turn 11, when the lack of front-end w♓eight saw him slide into retirement.
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“I did a good start, I was P3 in Turn 1, and when I accelerated I felt that the rear r♛ide-height device s🔥tayed low,” Espargaro explained.
“I did all the first part of the track with the ride-height device low, and when I tꩵouched the throttle in Turn 12 with the bike low, I lost the front.
“Nothing more I can say. It looks like Raul had t𝐆he same problem today.”
Fernandez would only say he had suffered a ”mechanical problem” but the TV images seemed to confirm a🔜 ride-height issue.
Espargaro added: “They [Aprilia] need to solve it. It's not the first 🌸time it happened to us… Normally it happens whe🙈n it's super hot, but yesterday it didn't happen, so we are not in control of when and how.”
The end result was that Espargaro, who only lost out on a Sprint rostrum when Jorge Martin successfully retaliated against his last-lap pass, felt a podium🌺 finish at his most difficult track had frustratingly sli𒊎pped away.
“If the crash had happened on a different track, I won’t say that I would have been less angry, but it clearly would have been special for me to take a spot on the podium here that was well within our potential,”💎 Espargaro said.
“After all the difficulties that we have alwa💖ys found at COTA, this weekend I demonstrated surprising potential.”
The Spaniard now heads𒆙 for the first of his home rounds, at Jerez, just eleventh𒈔 in the world championship.
“This season’s start has been disappointing, especially because I’m certain that I’m riding b🧸etter than last year, but for one reason or another, we are not taking home the results we deserve,” he said.
“Hopefu♔lly, we’ll reverse this trend as early as Jerez because our potential is cꦑlear.”
Vinales fought back to fou๊rth place after dropping to tenth on the opening lap.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and goಌ. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
