Aleix Espargaró has once again spoken clearly. after his words about f1 and after the Marc Marquez accident with Oliveira at the Portuguese GP, The Aprilia rider explained what that rivalry that is always talked about between teammates means to him.
On this occasion, with Maverick Viñales: “Yes, of course It piss me off that my partner is in front, more than anyone”.
And be careful what he points to: “I prefer to finish seventh and he ninth to be second and that he win”.
“This is so, but you have to have I respectand be humble enough,” he insists.
Because they are teammates, but also rivals: “I lost a lot of time with Maverick, and I spent an hour with telemetry”.
“It’s about working as a team. When we fight for the World Cup sparks will fly, but for now there is respect”, he sentenced in some statements that are collected in ‘Motorsport’.