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"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Aleix Espargaro was one of the riders who had stood out since in the tests of Qatar where he managed to set the best lap of the first day. The spaniard finished this passage in the desert with seventh place in the first race and tenth place in last sunday's race.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Espargaro was fighting for position until the last meter of race and narrowly failed to guarantee ninth place. The Aprilia rider got to overtake Jack Miller in the final meters of the race, but the australian, riding a Ducati, responded before the two riders crossed the finish line.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>After the end of the race, the #41 clarified that it did everything to be better than Joan Mir, Jack Miller and Brad Binder who was also in the fight for the last positions of the top ten. Although the RS-GP has improved this season, Espargaro assured that he did everything possible to go beyond tenth place.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>'On the last lap I tried to overtake [Joan] Mir and [Jack] Miller. I tried everything and on the straight, before putting the fourth change, he [Miller] overtook me again. So I lost the [ninth] position on the final straight The tenth place is not bad at all and I did my best', </em>he exposed in debrief after the end of the race.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Asked about any problems that Espargaro has suffered with the front of his bike, the rider himself confirms that he didn't suffer any kind of problem. Pol Espargaro's brother clarified that from the moment he had to exchange arguments with the Ducati factory riders he was unable to go any further:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><em>- No. I felt good with the tires, the front was better than the previous week. At the start of the race we were very strong, but in the second half the problem was that the riders in front of me, especially the guys at the Ducati factory, began to lose ground and I wasn't able to overtake them. It was impossible for me</em>.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->"
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