Four races into the 2019 MotꦰoGP season and, despite a fall in Texasꦬ, Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro has scored triple the points of this time last year.

His top-ten target has been achieved on tw🐭o occasions and Espargaro is 🐠currently challenging the best KTM of younger brother Pol for eleventh in the riders' standings, while Aprilia now has the edge on the Austrian brand in the constructors' championship.

While consistency has been achieved, might Espargaro be𝄹 able to deliver the first stand-out result for the 2019 RS-GP this weekend? The stop-go nature of the track should certainly play into their hands...

"Le Mans is a tra🉐ck that I like and on which I think the Aprilia RS-GP can do well. Braking is one of our strong points. The bike stays stableꦬ in hard braking and that could help us," Espargaro said.

"I am also hoping for a dry weekend. It rains almost every year in France and t✃hat m൲akes everything more difficult.

"As always, our goal remains the top ten."

Team-mate Andrea Iannone will be back alongside Espargaro after missing the remainder of the Spanish weekend, plus post-race test, due to a foot injury in free prac♏tice.

The Italian had been tryingไ a promising set-up change when he fell and will retry the configurat🉐ion on Friday at Le Mans.

"I have positive feelings as I head to Le Mans. In Jerez, we were able to figure ༺out a few important things. It is a small step forward that will also help us in France," he said.

"We still nee𒐪d to see how much my foot will bother me. In any case, I have been working hard to be as fit as I possibly can🔯."

✨Iannone - arriving at the team from Suzuki - has a best RS-GP finish of twelfth so far, in Austin.