Espargaro’s dream of becoming MotoGP champion took a big hit over the final few races of 2022ꦗ as the Spaniard scored just 1🐟8 points from the last five races.

The Aprilia rider, who was so often the main challenger to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo, suffered several unfortunat🅷e incidents such as a technical fault on the formation lap in Motegi that reduced Espargaro to a pit lane start, while an engine issue resulted in him failing to finish the season-finale at Valencia.

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This handed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini the chance to claim third in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP Standings, which he did after finishing the race i❀n eighth.

But while the end to the season was very disappointing for both Espargaro and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales, ꦍthe post-season test wasn’t much better from Espargaro’s viewp💮oint, despite lap times being quick for both riders.

Vinales finished second and Espargaro fifth, however, the latter was less than impressed at a lack of new parts being available, which he hopes is not the case during February’s pre-season test ൩at Sepan🥂g.

"I can’t be꧋ happy. Our rivals had lots of new parts," added Espargaro. "We just had a slightly different swing-arm, but other than that nothing I haven’t already tried. 

"We’ll have to wait to get the rest we need. The engineers obviously have some work to do to prepare the 2♔023 prototype for Malaysia, but they have no indication regarding the material. 

"It’s true that there’s a lot 🎉of time between Malaysia and Portugal, almost a month to work, but we’ve lost a good window without new parts."

Aprilia were one of many teams to struggle when it came to matching Dꦰucati for top speed throughout the 2022 season, but with a deficit of 10km/h or more, the Spaniard feels improving t⛄he engine is another area that’s a must for the Noale-based manufacturer.  

Espa🐠rgaro continued: "We lose 10km/h to the Ducati and that’s a lot. It’s one of the main areas we need to improve." 🙈;

Despite fading in the latter stages of the season, Aprilia and Espargaro were one of the standout performers of the season and will be expected to fight for the title ♔with more cons😼istency in 2023.