Espargaro’s dream of becoming MotoGP champion took a big hit over the final ﷽few races of 2022 as the Spaniard scored just 18 points from the last five races.

The Aprilia rider, who was so often the main challenger to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo, suffered several unfortunate incidents such as a technical fault on the f🤪ormation lap in Motegi tha☂t reduced Espargaro to a pit lane start, while an engine issue resulted in him failing to finish the season-finale at Valencia.

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This handed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini the chance to claim third in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP Standings, 💜which he did after finishing the race in eighth.

But while the end to the season was very disappointing for both Espargaro and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales, the post-season test wasn’t much better from Espargaro’s viewpoint, despite lap times beꦕing quick for both riders.

Vinales finished second and Espargaro fifth, however, the latter was less than impressed at a lack of new parts being av♔ailable, which he hopes is not the case during February’s pre-season test at Sepang.

"I c﷽an’t be h𒊎appy. Our rivals had lots of new parts," added Espargaro. "We just had a slightly different swing-arm, but other than that nothing I haven’t already tried. 

"We’ll have𝔉 to wait to get the rest we need. The engineers obviously have some work to do to prepare the 2023 prototype f𝓀or Malaysia, but they have no indication regarding the material. 

"It’s true that there’s a lot of time between Malaysia a🐓ꦛnd Portugal, almost a month to work, but we’ve lost a good window without new parts."

Aprilia were one of many teams to struggle when it came to matching Ducati for top speed throughout the 20🥃22 season, but with a deficit of 10km/h or more, the Spaniard feels improving the engine is another area that’s a must for the Noale-based manufacturer.  

Espargaro continued: "W🌸e lose 10km/h to the Ducati and that’s a lot. It’s one of the main areas we need to improꦦve." 

Despite🍃 fading in the latte𝔍r stages of the season, Aprilia and Espargaro were one of the standout performers of the season and will be expected to fight for the title with more consistency in 2023.