Aleix Espargaro was the fastest rider ever at the Mandalika circuit, puting his Aprilia RS-GP to the top of the timesheets at the end of the first day of practice in Indonesia.
However, one of the focuses of the debrief was the Repsol Honda Team’s alleged harassment of Noale’s home riders, including Maverik Viñales and Miguel Oliveira. But Espargaro called for calm, stating that not everything you hear in paddok is true:
– Anything can happen. Not everything you hear from drivers and managers is true, believe me. So relax, anything can happen.
The spanish rider also used Justin Bieber and a reference to one of the singer’s songs to leave in the air an eventual move to the official Honda:
– Never say never in your life. As Justin Bieber says, never say never.