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2022 MotoGP World Championship
2022 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Cheste, Spain
Sunday, 6 November 2022
Aprilia Racing's Aleix Espargaro will be looking to cap off his best season in MotoGP at the
Valencian Community Grand Prix on Sunday, November 6.
The Spaniard is currently third in the riders' standings going into the final race on the calendar, one point ahead of Gresini Racing's Enea Bastianini.
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Espargaro can finish as high as second, although he needs to win in Cheste and rely on Fabio Quartararo either crashing out or coming in outside the points.
The 33-year-old has already eclipsed his previous best showing in the premium class, which came in 2014 when he finished seventh with 126 points.
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Espargaro claimed the first victory of his career in the Argentine Grand Prix earlier this year before going on to secure five P3 finishes.
Despite these achievements, he acknowledges the much-improved RS-GP is still no match for the Desmosedici GP22.
"I know my bike, I know it has improved a lot. But it's not at the level of the best bike on the grid. It never was, the others simply made a lot of mistakes at the beginning of the season," Espargaro was quoted as saying by Corsedimoto.
"Ducati's results, as much as I hate to say it, are just fantastic. It doesn't matter which rider gets on the bike, because he's going to be able to finish in the top six. It's very frustrating for us."
2022 Malaysian Grand Prix results
Winner: Francesco Bagnaia - Ducati Lenovo Team
Second Place: Enea Bastianini - Gresini Racing
Third Place: Fabio Quartararo - Monster Energy Yamaha
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