On Sunday 3 April 2022, Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) will be remembered as for the first time he won a victory in the World Speed Motorcycling Championship and arrived in the MotoGP, after winning the Grand Prix of the Argentine Republic held at the Termas de Río Hondo Autodromo, Santiago del Estero, in the third date of the season. In addition, the Spaniard is the new leader of the championship and his victory represented the triumphant debut of the Italian brand in the premier category.
In the previous one, Espargaró built a dream weekend as he achieved pole positions (best qualifying time). But after a great start Jorge Martín (Ducati) beat his compatriot, jumped to the top and set the pace in the first laps. Behind Aleix Espargaró tried to approach and in an expectant position his brother, Pol Espargaró (Honda), who started fourth and won a position.
After the first third of the competition played over 25 laps, the differences between Martín and Espargaró were reduced and they were joined by their compatriot Alex Rins (Suzuki), who realized Pol Espargaró, who lost his position after passing in the first corner, although he was then left out by a fall.
After taking a break to take care of his tires, Aleix went with everything in the third and final part of the race and attacked Martín. On two occasions Espargaró managed to overcome it on the opposite straight whose final speeds ranged 335 km/h, but when he reached the corner he passed and Martín regained command. But the third was the winner and Aprilia's one concluded a good maneuver in which he did not lose his turning radius and came out well armed to regain leadership.
Espargaró immediately moved away and knew how to capitalize on his strategy: tire management in the first half and wear in the last half to be able to fight hard for his first victory in the premier category. It was his absolute triumphant debut in the World Cup in which he won for the first time in a cumulative of 284 races: 23 in 125 cm5, 61 in 250 cm3/Moto2 and 200 in MotoGP. In addition, Aprilia had never won in the premier category.
“I have been looking for this result for a long time and I can achieve it in my 200th race. I had a really good pace, but I felt a lot of pressure. Everyone told me I was going to win easily, but it wasn't like that, it wasn't an easy race. We work hard to achieve a good configuration on the bike and I want to thank the whole Aprilia family for that. The most beautiful thing about this is to be leading the championship. It's a dream,” Aleix said, he has 45 points and takes 7 to Binder and 9 to Bastianini.
Espargaró, 32, made his debut ten years ago in the MotoGP and whose best championship was in 2014 in which he finished seventh. In 2004 he started in the World Cup, in the 125 cm3 category, which was replaced by Moto3. To round off a dream weekend, the Catalan also achieved his first lap record in the premier category.
Born in Granollers, Barcelona, he is a fan of Lionel Messi and Barcelona. When he has a weekend without races and the culé team plays at home, he usually goes with his brother Pol to Camp Nou.
Aleix was escorted on the podium by Martín y Rins himself. The top ten was completed by Spaniard Joan Mir (Suzuki), Italy's Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), South Africa's Brad Binder (KTM), Spaniard Maverick Viñales (Aprilia), Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) and Italians Marco Bezzecchi and Enea Bastianini, both with Ducati.
A crowd accompanied the event and according to the organization there were 186,759 people in the accumulated over the weekend: 56,008 on Friday, 63,659 on Saturday. All three compete with the Kalex brand. Economic pact of the event was 3.5 billion pesos. After two years of absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the pit fire, another big motorcycling party was seen in Termas de Río Hondo, where there is a contract until 2025 with the MotoGP.
The minors. The Italian Celestino Vietti won the Moto2 and is in charge of the competition. He was escorted by Thai Somkiat Chantra and Japanese Ai Ogura. All three compete with the Kalex brand. While in Moto3, Spaniard Sergio García (GasGas) won and the podium was completed by Italian Dennis Foggia (Honda) and Japan's Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna).
The next date will be in a week with the United States Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, United States.
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