Alex Espargar I was euphoric, of course. The one from Granollers revealed details of his great victory at Silverstone and the strength he felt, on DAZN.
Summary.
“There are days, in my sports career I have had few, in which you go out and feel invincible and today was one of them. Already in the formation lap I said: ‘This has impressive traction’. I went out and took it relatively calmly, without wanting to risk too much. I saw when there was a gap with Bezzecchi and Pecco that I could catch them easily. Then, there was a moment when I hesitated between passing Pecco and going, because I had much more rhythm, but Pecco saved a lot with the gas, like he didn’t want to wear out the rear tire a lot. We didn’t have much information because of the rain. So, I thought: ‘Wait here, we have much more tyre, more traction’, but you never know in the Last three laps. In the end, all the plans went to waste because with the rain it was the jungle”.
Victory.
“It’s a bit of a strange race. In the dry I felt very fast, the bike had a lot of traction today, I was turning a lot with the soft front tire in the cold, but when it started to rain, for a moment, I fell a bit down.” mentally. To say: ‘It can’t be, with what it costs to be here, now with these drops it can’t be’, but I’ve grown, I’ve seen that I had more than them. I decided to wait, for Pecco to open the track until the end , because what was really difficult was what Pecco did: open up the track. I knew he was faster and that on the last lap I could pass him and it turned out well”.
Traction.
“When they were away, I caught them relatively easily. Especially in curves like 9, the entrance to the finish line last year, the entrance to the current finish line, because I cut the throttle to avoid passing it, but really, I had three times as much traction. In fact, I think I could have passed it and opened up a gap. But the rain just came and it changed my plans. The whole race I had more traction. Today I had more rhythm. I could have held on at 2:00 low and to open a gap. But just as I approached to overtake him, the drops arrived and I changed the plan and decided to hold out until the end. Today my bike had very good traction”.
With the family.
“In Argentina I didn’t have it. Today I’m going to have dinner with them. My son Max didn’t tell me that I won or that I won’t. He only told me: ‘Be in the leading group, otherwise you won’t go on TV’ I told him: ‘Son, we have a rhythm to be with the leaders, so we’ll see where we get to later'”.
