Pol Espargaro was left to despair at his Tech 3 Yamaha’s lack of pace in MotoGP practice at Jerez on Friday, describing the situation as “disgusting”. Espargaro ended up as the French squad’s top runner in FP2, finishing in 14th – two places ahead of teammate Bradley Smith – and some 1.6s behind pacesetter Jorge Lorenzo. Speaking to media at the end of Friday, Espargaro admitted that several rival teams, principally the Suzuki works team and the satellite Ducati squads, had now eclipsed Tech 3. “The problem is that the laptime is slow,” he said. “I finished [today] 14th, Bradley finished 16th with a new tyre at the rear. “If we made that [lap time] two or three years...
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