VOLUME 59 ISSUE 14 APRIL 5, 2022 P57
MYOWNRACE
6 STEFAN BRADL
19TH MOTOGP
German Stefan Bradl was a late fill-in for
the injured Marc Marquez on the Repsol
Honda Team. He started 24th and finished
19th. "I had a good start to the race but
made a mistake into turn one, I was a bit
too aggressive and then made another
mistake a few laps later," Bradl said. "Small
mistakes which in the end cost us some
posi ons and stopped me staying in the
group ahead to fight for something more,
closer to Alex probably. This is all part of the
process when you jump back into MotoGP,
and it was especially tough this weekend
with the schedule and one less day."
6 CAMERON BEAUBIER
11TH MOTO2
"I felt like we were making some progress
with both my riding and the bike," said
American Racing's Cameron Beaubier. "I
was going into the race thinking I was go-
ing to have a real good ride. I rode as hard
as I could but wanted a li le bit more than
what I got, which would have been a finish
deeper inside the top 10. First lap I got
jostled around a li le bit among the car-
nage. Struggled with rear grip pre y bad,
actually, and was taking some chances on
the front brake in those harder braking
zones, which gave me a few moments on
the front. So, by the end I had to back off
a li le bit, which was a bummer, but hey,
got some more solid points!"
"I'm extremely happy about this weekend in
Argentina," Espargaro said. "Overall in Qatar and
Indonesia I also felt very strong. I felt competitive,
I think we had a solid weekend. Honestly, the race
was not easy. I expected it to be a bit easier as this
morning I felt very strong. But I think I had a smart
race, and finally after this long period with Aprilia we
achieved the victory, and we are leading the champi-
onship. This is like a dream. We keep our feet on the
ground, but I think we truly deserve this!"
Third went to Suzuki's Alex Rins, who tried val-
iantly to close the gap to Martin in the latter stages
of the race but came up half a second short.
(Below) Jorge Martin (89) got off to a
fast start but gave up the lead and win to
Espargaro after the Aprilia rider's repeated
pass attempts late in the race.
