Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) handed a home podium away when he mistakenly thought the Catalunya MotoGP race had ended one lap before the finish. The Aprilia rider, who had dominated much of the weekend but was unable to match Fabio Quartararo in the race, had been holding off the Pramac Ducatis of Jorge Martin and…
Aleix Espargaro will start the Mugello GP with a new Aprilia contract in hand and only four points separating him and the MotoGP Championship leader, Fabio Quartararo. While the pressure is now off in terms of his future for the next two years, Espargaro and teammate Maveric Vinales having been confirmed as the riders for…
Aleix Espargaro’s Jerez podium means Aprilia has lost access to MotoGP’s package of technical concessions. Aprilia went into the Jerez GP knowing it was just one point away (out of a total of six) to losing its concession status. The Noale factory was the last manufacturer eligible for the benefit with Suzuki and then KTM…
Aleix Espargaro says Marc Marquez deliberately waiting for him in FP2 for the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix was “unbelievable” and has taken aim at Race Direction for not intervening. The Aprilia rider was caught on camera on the pit straight at the end of FP2 at Jerez on Friday gesticulating towards Marquez, but no incident…
Aprilia kicks off my A to Z of MotoGP with the official factory team re-entering the fray in 2015. After being absent from the Paddock for 10 years, departing the grid at the end of 2004 it’s good to see the Aprilia Racing Team back in action for the 67th FIM Road Racing World Championship.…
