
Scout's Corner: Breaking Down Aleix Espargaro by chris martin Tuesday, June 07, 2016 Scout's Corner: Breaking Down Aleix Espargaro Aleix Espargaro #41 Team Suzuki ECSTAR (MotoGP) Birthdate: 7/30/89 (26)/Hometown: Granollers, Spain/Measurables: 5'10", 156 lbs Titles: CEV Buckler 125GP ('04)...
Espargaro has produced some strong performances in recent seasons on CRT and Open machinery and has now been rewarded with a factory ride. As the news was made official on Tuesday, he tweeted, 'Really happy to announce that I will race with Suzuki next year! Really motivated on this new...
Aleix Espargaró is staying with Aprilia, signing a two-year contract extension to race the Aprilia RS-GP through the 2020 MotoGP season. The 28-year-old Spanish racer joined Aprilia last year after a two-year stint with Suzuki. Espargaró is currently in his seventh season in the MotoGP class....
Aleix Espargaro and Colin Edwards will race for the NGM Forward team in MotoGP next year, riding FTR-based Yamaha production machines. The announcement had been expected for a very long time, but confirmation only came on Saturday morning at Valencia, as haggling over buying out Espargaro's...
Quickest across the opening three practice sessions in Qatar, the elder of the two Espargaro brothers was a favourite for pole position before crashing both of his bikes in qualifying. He would finish Sunday's race fourth from ninth on the grid, which was still his best ever race result in the...
After achieving a career-best premier class result of fourth in Assen, Espargaro came into the weekend full of confidence. He enjoyed strong results in Germany in the past on his Aprilia CRT machine, the tight and twisty track relying less on top speed. FP1 saw the Open Yamaha rider top the...
Perhaps the biggest surprise after the first day of testing at Sepang was the sheer, unadulterated speed of Aleix Espargaro on the Forward Yamaha, racing in the Open category. Seventh fastest, half a second off the fastest factory Yamaha of Valentino Rossi, and ahead of the two Tech 3 riders...