Espargaro says aggression needed for MotoGP sprint caused Argentina crash
Listen to this article Espargaro was left stranded in ninth after struggling in the wet-to-dry qualifying earlier on Saturday and was forced to get his elbows out in the sprint to make up positions. Getting as high as seventh, Espargaro crash ed out going through Turn 9, which he said was his own mistake. However, he feels he was driven to it due to the aggression levels required to make up ground in the frenetic sprint format, which he says is unnatural to him. “It’s difficult to overtake in these kinds of races because everybody stresses to the limit the front, they brake super quick and don’t think about the tyre durability,” Espargaro said. “So, to overtake is difficult and it’s all about the qualifying. Like Portimao, I paid for it starting super far behind. “It [aggressive sprints] will be like this all season, this is why I made my mistake because I don’t like to be re...