New Aprilia MotoGP bike its «biggest» leap in recent years
MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin believes Aprilia has made the «biggest» leap in recent years with its 2025 prototype. Martin is joining Aprilia next year after clinching his first title with a Pramac Ducati, the Spaniard having been snubbed for a promotion to the factory team in favour of Marc Marquez. Madrid native Martin got […]
Oliveira reveals Indonesia injury caused by short circuit on Aprilia MotoGP bike
Miguel Oliveira has revealed that a short circuit caused him to lose control of his Aprilia MotoGP bike and break his wrist in practice at Mandalika. Trackhouse rider Oliveira was taking part in FP1 at the Indonesian GP, a race he had won in 2022 with KTM, when he was thrown off his Aprilia RS-GP […]
Espargaro «burned his hands» as Aprilia heat issues strike again
Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro says he «burned his hands» during a hot MotoGP race in Malaysia where he struggled to 13th place. The Aprilia RS-GP is infamous for its overheating problems, with both Espargaro and team-mate Maverick Vinales having repeatedly expressed concerns about its adverse effects during some of the flyaway races in Asia. According […]
Fixing braking performance key to Aprilia returning to the front
Maverick Vinales believes improving the braking performance will be «key» in catapulting Aprilia near the front of the MotoGP grid. Americas GP winner Vinales made that comment after the start/stop nature of the Red Bull Ring exposed a major weakness of the RS-GP, with both him and team-mate Aleix Espargaro struggling to slow down the […]
Silverstone MotoGP disaster “woke up people” at Aprilia
Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales says a disastrous run for him and team-mate Aleix Espargaro in MotoGP’s British Grand Prix “woke up people” at the Italian marque. The Silverstone weekend highlighted Aprilia’s struggles in race trim as Vinales dropped from eighth to 13th at the finish with heavy tyre degradation and Espargaro likewise slumped to sixth behind […]
Aprilia CEO admits «we are doing something wrong» in MotoGP after poor form
Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola admits the manufacturer is “doing something wrong” in MotoGP after watching it slip away from Ducati in the pecking order in recent races. Aprilia has gone from regularly challenging MotoGP’s dominant marque to being only an occasional top-five scorer in a span of just four months, with last weekend’s British Grand […]
Aprilia’s situation getting «worse and worse» in MotoGP
Maverick Vinales says Aprilia’s situation in MotoGP is getting «worse and worse» with every round after a disastrous run for him in the British Grand Prix. Struggling with heavy degradation on medium tyres on his RS-GP, Americas GP winner Vinales slid from eighth on the grid to a measly 13th place, his worst result of […]
Vinales can’t «comprehend» Aprilia’s disappearing MotoGP practice pace
Maverick Vinales has conceded he can’t «comprehend» how Aprilia goes from running at the front in Friday practice to being 10 seconds off the pace over the course of a MotoGP race weekend. Since Vinales’s emphatic victory in the Americas Grand Prix in April, Aprilia is yet to add another podium finish to its tally […]
How 2024’s ‘fake’ Bezzecchi got his factory MotoGP wishes with Aprilia
Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola says the Italian marque has leaned on what Marco Bezzecchi did in MotoGP prior to 2024 as to what he can be capable of in 2025. On Monday, following initial Motorsport.com reports last week, Aprilia announced that it had signed Valentino Rossi protege Bezzecchi to its factory team for 2025 to […]