Espargaro ends his long wait with Aprilia

MOTOGP

RIO HONDO (ARG)

3 APRIL

ROUND 3/21

Before last Sunday’s Argentinian Grand Prix, Aleix Espargaro had started 283 grands prix across all the MotoGP world championships since his debut in 2004. Of the stacked 24-rider grid, the 32-year-old Aprilia stalwart was the only one without a grand prix victory. Brushed over by many as a bit of a seat-warmer, on a bike many still viewed as something of a joke in the Aprilia, Espargaro – of everyone on the grid – had the biggest point to prove. Except, as far as he was concerned, he