At five in the afternoon, in the press room of the circuit MotorLand, on Alcañiz, will start on ‘GP Maverick Viñales’, because from the outset it is he who will monopolize most of the attention in this Aragon GP which will have 20,000 fans in the stands. The former Yamaha will appear at the press conference with which the Aragonese event starts for the first time dressed as Aprilia, your new factory, and will be accompanied among others by his friend and new partner, an Aleix Espargaró with whom he should have an intense duel from the first day for being the number one in Noale’s house.
Aleix, who comes from giving the Italian factory its first podium in MotoGP with a magnificent third place in the last British GP, He has already said by active and passive that he gives the warmest welcome to Mack and that he believes that it will not be easy for him to reach his level at the handlebar of the RS-GP, because it will be very expensive. The two shared Suzuki’s pit in the past, where the one in Roses was clearly superior to that of Granollers, but now Aleix is stronger than he was then and he will not be willing to lose his role as Aprilia’s number one.
There is a maxim in motorcycle racing, and in car racing, that says that the first opponent to beat is the boxing partner. Viñales has a great reference in Aleix and he really wants to go through the stone, before thinking about greater challenges with his new mount. Although from experience they should start on equal terms as of next season, Maverick arrives at this first appointment of his with the Aprilia highly motivated, after the brilliant two-day test he completed in Misano, and the duel between the two teammates begins already here, on a scenario in which the 2013 Moto3 champion has been on the podium several times, but never in MotoGP. He won the 2014 Moto2 race and was second and third in 2013 and 2011 in the Moto3 category. Aleix, for his part, achieved the first of the two podiums he has achieved in MotoGP on this beautiful track, being second in 2014.
