How Espargaro is making his case to return to full -time racing

Second time in three Motogp events, Poll asparagarao Once again there is a racer. Two races previously stood for the injured TECH3 KTM Rider Maverack Vinales in Czech GP; Later this week he is in action Hungarian Grand Prix,

To replace an injured team partner “is not the one I like the most, nor makes me feel comfortable,” accepts Esparagaro in Hungary, where he proceeded directly to Q2 and then narrowly missed a point with 10th position. Saturday sprint“You never want another rider to be injured.”

But he knows the best that Motogp is a game of swing and roundabout. Asparagoro had to separate herself from his racing career, as he suffered a very serious injury to a 2023 season opener in Portimo, where he crashed into a wall and physically destroyed, recalling the first nine Grands Prix of the season and carrying the impact of the Badal by the end of the season.

Next Pedro AcostaEmerging from the Moto2, KTM last year asked Asparagaro recovering Asparagaro, who had a contract by 2024 to give his tech 3 seats for adolescent sensation. It was a request that Spaniard did not appreciate, but still became part of the test and development team.

In the form of a wildcard, there was a commitment to compete in the race, a promise that Matighofen-based team failed to keep in part. He competed in just three races in 2024: Italy, Austria and San Marino.

This hypocritical approach, combined with the absence of a proposal to continue as part of the KTM Test team in the next season, inspired Esparagoro to emphasize that he was still in the rider market.

At the age of just 34 years, in extreme physical condition and hungry of competition, Catalan has put himself in the hands of Albert Valera – the man who manages George martinHe has already received several proposals from WorldsBK Padock, where factories such as BMW, Ducati, Honda and Yamaha have not yet finalized their lineups for the next season.

His performance in the Hungarian Grand Prix has so far been an ideal way to attract the interest of a championship, seeking quality riders after the loss of its current leader, Toprak Razgatalu.

“I want to have racing,” Espargaras emphasizes. “The truth is that I really enjoyed the test team members in the pits. When I stepped back from the competition (at the end of 2023), they were the ones who welcomed me. I made myself again with him, not only physically, but also in my riding style.

“They understood that my situation was not the best and had patience to support me in my ride, with a set-up that helped me, even though it was not the best. This result in Hungary is part of a very difficult process.”

Asparas believe that he is in better size both physically and mentally, when he stopped racing full -time at the age of only 32 years. Granolers indigenous believe that it is not too late to make full -time return, and welcomes the possibility of this one day.

“Sometimes people ask me if I regret retiring. No, I do not regret it because I have never retired! In fact, I am still racing and I want to racing,” they say, despite being one of the stars of Motogp broadcasting on Spanish television.

“I was not retired; I was to be due to life situation. I crashed, I got hurt badly, healed and did not fit to become a motoogi rider. But I did not retire – I wanted to keep racing and I wanted to compete.

“(Competition) He is when I meet on a bike and results. The idea that I am not retired, not real. I am still running.”

If on Saturday’s sprint happens, it will be enough to get out of trouble in Hungary’s Grand Prix on Sunday. Coupled to those whom they had raised in ninth place, when they replaced vineles in Brones, which could only promote their stocks because he looks for a return to full -time racing.