This Sunday could see Aleix Espargaro exceed his entire 2020 MotoGP points tally, in the space of just five races. The Aprilia rider currently sits seventh in the world championship on 35 points, just 7 less than the 42 he collected during all 14 rounds last year. That includes matching the RS-GP's best ever MotoGP result of sixth place at the last two races. The recent Jerez round also saw Espargaro cross the finish line just 5.164s from victory, the closest yet for Aprilia, despite battling late-race arm pump (for which he will undergo surgery on Monday). But rewind to last November and the RS-GP seemed like a bike nobody wanted to ride. The seat alongside Espargaro was not only turned...
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