Eugene
Laverty
With the end of his second year in
MotoGP approaching, Pull & Bear
Aspar Team rider Eugene Laverty
sat down with a regular contributor
of ours, who just happens to be his
brother Michael, to chat about his
progress in the sport and where he
goes from here.
Interview: Michael Laverty
Pictures: Courtesy of Pull&Bear Aspar Team
Micheal: Looking at the 2016 season
you’ve got to be happy with how
everything has gone so far. It’s been
above expectations - especially
when you take into consideration
the level of equipment at your
disposal and how touch your debut
year was. You’re the most improved
rider of the season for sure!
Eugene: Yeah, considering how
pre-season testing went - it couldn’t
have gone much worse! I got injured
in November at Jerez and then on the
first day back in February at Jerez I got
injured again.
I went into the first round basically
last, I was the slowest guy out there.
But improvements came quickly,
grabbing 4th in Argentina and then 9th
in Jerez. Now two-thirds of the way u