Moto2 Special 2012: Pol Espargaró

The Catalan rider faces his second full season in the intermediate class with the experience of having achieved two podiums in 2011, where he was 2nd at Indianapolis and 3rd at Sepang.

To face this 2012 season, Pol has changed teams, and joins the structure of Pons Racing, where he will have the experience of the two-time 250cc world champion and the Kalex chassis that Stefan Bradl won the world title with last season.

The rider from Granollers will leave his usual number 44 to wear 40 this season, since the music chain is one of the team’s main sponsors. Coincidentally, that is the number his brother Aleix has left vacant, who will compete this year in the MotoGP class with a CRT Aprilia from the Aspar team.

With a season of experience already behind him, during which he has finished among the top qualifiers in many races, Polyccio must be a contender for victory in every race, in order to challenge for the title against those who, a priori, are the favourites, Marc Márquez, Toni Elías, Thomas Luthi, Andrea Iannone, Scott Redding or Julián Simón, without overlooking the competition he will face in his own garage from Tito Rabat and Axel Pons.

His team manager, Sito Pons, told us what Pol is like before the start of pre-season:

He is a rider who has always been a winner since he was young, who knows how to race, is fast and intuitive, and never gives up. I believe in his potential and in his experience despite being only 20 years old, and he will have at his disposal the means to get there, and we will do everything possible for him to get there. He and his technical team should be contenders for the title.

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