The Valencian GP marked the farewell of Pol Espargaro to MotoGP as a full time rider as he will take the role of test rider for KTM, giving away his seat to Pedro Acosta. Aleix Espargaro confessed to be quite emotional after the last race of the season, knowing his brother’s future.
‘Pol has been always my idol even if I’m older than him. When we arrived at the world championship, he was very fast immediately, winning races and he won the Moto2 title’, he told MotoGP microphones, not hiding his tears:
– I’ve always been by his side so today was very emotional. On the grid, I went to hug him and I couldn’t avoid crying before the race. It was not easy.
They ended up riding together on the last kilometers on track, which was something special: ‘The last lap with him was very nice. This year has been very tough you know because you cannot imagine how Pol has suffered and we, his family, we suffered a lot with him’.