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The Spanish rider, who returns to KTM with its rebranded Tech3 GasGas squad for the 2023 season, said it was “difficult to accept” the team’s decision to pause development on his bike ahead of his departure.
Espargaro struggled this season, finishing 16th in the standings with a best finish of third at the season opener in Qatar and repeatedly stated his unhappiness later in the year at Honda electing to stop giving him new parts upon news of his KTM return.
He says he only …