Aleix Espargaro ‘more frustrated than ever’ at Le Mans MotoGP DNF

The Aprilia rider was running strongly inside the top seven at the start of the race, but dropped down 12th after flag-to-flag bike swap.

Able to recover back up to sixth in the wet conditions, Espargaro’s RS-GP expired on lap 16 due to an unknown technical issue – with team-mate Lorenzo Savadori suffering a similar fate on lap 12.

“Yeah, I’m very frustrated, more than ever…