Aleix Espargaro doesn't believe the Honda is "much better" than the new Aprilia MotoGP bike in cornering and braking, but admits the RC213V is "unbelievable" under acceleration. Aprilia overhauled its RS-GP over the winter and enjoyed a strong pre-season testing phase, while going well once again on Wednesday during the two Jerez test sessions. Though he finished Friday's running a somewhat disappointing 16th on the combined times - attributing his FP1 slump to a front chatter problem he's never encountered before - having ended both test sessions at Jerez in the top 10, Espargaro heaped praise on the RS-GP again. "I was able to do two, three laps [in FP1] behind...
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