Aprilia’s Espargaro explains last-lap Catalan MotoGP mistake

Poleman Espargaro was running in second behind runaway leader and eventual winner Fabio Quartararo in the latter stages of the race having pulled away from Pramac’s Jorge Martin.

But the Aprilia rider made a massive error in judgement when he backed off crossing the line at the end of the penultimate lap, as he believed he’d taken the chequered flag.

Espargaro – who apologised to…