Aleix Espargaro has revealed that a deal to join the Ducati MotoGP squad ahead of the 2015 season was “practically done” before ultimately joining Suzuki. Espargaro had impressed in the preceding years with eye-catching performances on ART Claiming Rules Teams machinery, as well as the Forward Racing Yamaha with which he secured the Open class title in ’14. The Spaniard snatched a maiden premier class pole at the Dutch TT, before scoring his first rostrum at the Aragon GP later in the season with second behind runaway victor Jorge Lorenzo-kick-starting talks to join a factory team for the following year. Speaking in the Spanish MotoGP podcast, Espargaro admitted he had come close to...
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