MotoGP Jerez poleman Espargaro was “angry” when rain fell before qualifying
Espargaro snatched his first pole of the 2023 season in a dramatic qualifying at Jerez, the Spaniard beating KTM’s Jack Miller by 0.221 seconds with a final lap of 1m37.216s. Read Also: MotoGP Spanish GP: Espargaro takes pole as Quartararo only 16th Light rain started to fall prior to the 15-minute pole shootout getting underway, with that precipitation carrying on for the first half of Q2. Espargaro was unable to test the conditions on wet tyres first because he destroyed one of his RS-GPs in a crash in FP3 prior to qualifying , forcing him to gamble on slicks and hope for the best. “Has been a crazy morning,” Espargaro said. “I felt good from yesterday, so we decided to try an aerodynamic package and unfortunately I had a small crash. “When I saw the rain I was a bit angry and disappointed because we just had one bike. So, I didn’t have the gamble to try the rain tyres and then slicks. So, I said to my guys let’s try the slicks. I go out and tried my best and no worr...