Espargaro ruled out of Dutch MotoGP race after high-speed crash
Aleix Espargaro will sit out Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix following a high-speed crash on the final lap of the sprint race, his Aprilia MotoGP team has announced. Espargaro’s participation in the Assen contest had been in doubt since he fell off his bike at Turn 15 and had to be taken to the hospital for […]
Aleix Espargaro set to become Honda MotoGP test rider
Espargaro announced ahead of last week’s Catalan Grand Prix that he will retire at the end of the 2024 season, bringing to an end a 20-year career in the MotoGP paddock that has so far yielded three premier class victories with Aprilia. The Catalan already said at the time that he was seriously contemplating the […]
Aprilia hints at Espargaro MotoGP replacement preference
On Thursday ahead of the Catalan Grand Prix, three-time MotoGP race winner Espargaro announced he will be retiring from racing at the end of the season. This has opened up a prime factory spot on the grid for 2025, which has already been linked to several high-profile names. In recent weeks, Enea Bastianini’s manager Carlo […]
The MotoGP candidates who could replace retiring Aleix Espargaro
Thanks to Espargaro’s efforts since 2017, the RS-GP has become one of the grid’s best packages, with the Spaniard having won three times on it since 2022 and Maverick Vinales taking victory at the Americas Grand Prix in April. Both Espargaro and Vinales are on expiring deals, though it wasn’t inconceivable to see both signing […]
How Espargaro “silenced many mouths” during his underdog MotoGP career
Whenever an ‘exceptional press conference’ is quickly ushered into the MotoGP weekend schedule for a single rider, it usually means only one thing: retirement. Growing up in nearby Granollers, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya seemed like the perfect place for 34-year-old Aleix Espargaro to begin winding down a MotoGP career that began in 2004 with a […]
Espargaro considering Aprilia test rider role, but MotoGP future still open
The 34-year-old has been racing full-time in MotoGP since 2012 and has been with Aprilia since 2017, developing the RS-GP into a race-winning package in that time. His current contract with the Italian marque expires at the end of the year and he is giving himself until the Italian Grand Prix in May to see […]