Pol Espargaro said goodbye to MotoGP as a full time rider this season and have experienced many changes in the class in many aspects: from riders, rules, bike developments, tyres, etc, etc.
The #44 spoke a bit about that subject, on Motosan: ‘Since I came to MotoGP ten years ago, the electronics have changed, the tyres have changed. The aerodynamics, the engines, the way of riding. Everything has changed. The change is abysmal, it’s incredible. And adapting to all these changes is difficult’.
In 2017 he got on a very important part on his career, being one of the riders responsible in making from KTM a very competitive bike, but not only, even recalling some other big names in the game:
– From how the KTM was ridden when I was there to how it’s ridden now, it’s black and white. I think the fact of adapting to all those stages is the admirable thing, not going fast one year. What Marc is doing now or what Valentino [Rossi] did at the time. That’s where my admiration lies, in going through those stages and being able to adapt to be competitive.