Espargaro won Saturday’s MotoGP sprint after overcoming world champion Francesco Bagnaia, bef💦ore going on to do the same against teammate Maverick Vinales.

The Grand 🦄Prix was a much tougher race for Espargaro, who admitted he didn’t have the same feeling as th🎐e sprint and that he would have settled for second had it not been his home race. 

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But a♈fter managing to beat Vinales to victory thanks to an overtake at turn one (four laps from the end), Espargaro looked back on what the ac🅠hievement meant.

"I think that today is a very historical moment," began the Spaniard. "I’m very proud of ✅Aprilia. Very, very proud because we came from very far away. 

"Ap🐎rilia has to be very proud of Maverick and me because we together di꧃d an amazing and historical job. 

"It’s𒅌 not easy to hav𓂃e a good relationship with your teammate when you are fighting for top positions and to develop the bike to fight against your rivals. So, I’m very happy. Congratulations to Aprilia."

Following his battle with Vinales, Espargaro asked the former Y🌳amaha rider to change bikes with him after securing Aprilia’s first-ever 1-2 in MotoGP.

A situation we very rarꦅely see, Espargaro added: "When I saw Maverick, I said, “Let’s change ꧑the bikes,” he looked at me like, you’re crazy. 

"I said to myself, I remember at that moment Maverick struggling three years ago, and he was super down. I was talking to him. “You will come to Aprilia.” But obviously, he was not sure, because Aprilia was finishing at one minut🔯e. 

"But I said to him, “You are very strong. We’re going to put this bike on tဣo♛p." 

"This is like a present to Aprilia, to ourselves, to belief, to hard work. Teamwork in the end pays off because two strong riders working together, it’s much better than 🌄one. 

"Today we proved. This 💜is a present for Romano, Massimo, and everybody back in Noale."

Sunday’s 1-2 finish was also made possible when both factory Aprilia rider avoided the turn one carnage, something Jorge Martin man☂aged to do as well before claiming third.

After seeing Francesco Bagnaia lose the🎃 lead following a brutal highside, Mar🍸tin did his best to avoid the Italian which Brad Binder was unable to do as he ran over Bagnaia’s legs.

"I saw him highside," stated M✅artin. "It’s really unusual nowadays in MotoGP. It was really strange. Then I braked so, so hard trying to avoid touching him. 

"Then as soon as I braked, I felt a big hit from the back from Brad, I ꦜguess. 

"Then I saw tha🌃t he went through Pecco’s leg. So at that point, I was a bit scared. Then all the oil was coming onto my visor and on my bike. 

"I thought the best thing was to go in🌼. I tried to make the movement of the flag.💛 After that, my swing arm was broken, my exhaust pipe also. 

"So I had to go to my second bike that I didn’t really like duriღng the weekend."