Last Thursday, Aleix Espargaró announced that he will end his MotoGP career at the end of this season. One of the riders who followed the announcement was Jorge Martín, who was very emotional.
At a press conference, the Prima Pramac rider talked about his emotions regarding his opponent’s announcement: ‘Well, I talked to him before and he said, “I won’t cry, I won’t cry.” And I ended up crying. Of course, he is a very important person in my life. I remember in 2013, I was a fan of him, I have some photos with him and he didn’t even know me’.
Martín then described his relationship with Espargaró, which goes beyond friendship and rivalry as MotoGP riders fighting for results on the track:
– He is not just my friend, he is my brother. Sometimes I am his son, I join him for dinner with his family many days in Andorra. I think he is one of the most important people in my life, so how could I not cry?
The current leader of the MotoGP World Championship concluded: ‘I am so happy for him, because he did a lot to take a break, to be with his family. He will have time. Now it will be even harder to follow him on the bike [laughs], but I am very happy for him and his family’.
