KTM’s Pol Espargaro says that excessive rear tyre spinning during the Czech GP at Brno made it impossible to convert his top five starting position into a strong race result. The Spaniard matched his best qualifying effort of the year at Brno, starting fifth for the race just like he did at the North American round at the Circuit of the Americas back in April. He backed up team-mate Johann Zarco, who had taken the Austrian marque’s best ever qualifying result with third-their first ever premier class front-row start. KTM’s collective qualifying result was a product of the tricky conditions though, and in the race both RC16’s struggled badly for pace, Espargaro...
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