Pol Espargaro is preparing to say goodbye to MotoGP as a full-time rider and admitted today that this could even be a more definitive farewell, while recalling not being at his best level, and some desire to ‘not want to be part of’ a paddock with ‘new boys’ where ‘talent’ abounds.
The 32-year-old spoke today about his last weekend as an athlete still in MotoGP and how this could even be his farewell: ‘As a full-time rider [this race] is more of a “goodbye” than a “see you later” but you never know. If there’s one thing I’ve learnt in this paddock, it’s that you never know what’s going to happen in the future because things can change very quickly’.
He went on to admit that he was indeed physically not in the best shape: ‘But what I do know is that it will be my choice and at the moment I’m not physically well. Maybe after the winter, with some rehabilitation work that I’ve been preparing for the winter, I can get back to my normal state, but at the moment I’m not’ before talking about the grid he foresees, full of talent:
– The level in MotoGP is very high and there are new guys coming through with so much energy and talent that I don’t want to be in the middle of it. If I feel I’m physically OK and there’s a possibility I might think about it, but at the moment I’m not who I want to be.