Aleix Espargaro is hoping he and Aprilia can iron out last year's mistakes and make the most of a 'lighter, more reactive' RS-GP to climb ten places in this year's MotoGP championship standings. The Spaniard made a memorable start to his Aprilia career by matching the factory's best four-stroke result with sixth place on his debut in Qatar. While he repeated that feat later in the year at Aragon, Espargaro also failed to finish seven races and missed two others with a hand injury at Phillip Island. That meant he could only manage 15th in the final standings, with Aprilia sixth and last of the manufacturers. “Looking back at last season, we demonstrated a high level of performance, taking...
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