Tag Archives: Aprilia

The Aprilia quartet spend significant time in the wind tunnel

Aprilia Racing

Prior to the winter break, Aleix Espargaro, Viales, Oliveira, and Raul Fernandez have been occupied with aerodynamics work. After having their most productive MotoGPTM season to date, Aprilia Racing is looking for greater heights in 2023, and preparation in the wind tunnel for the four racers participating on RS-GPs that year has already started. Aleix […]

Aleix Espargaro: Even with 300 hp, rider weight is “very important”

Aleix Espargaro

Aleix Espargaro, one of the tallest riders on the MotoGP grid, claims that gaining just 3-4kg over his’ skinny’ 65kg weight would cause him to lose noticeable speed. Aleix Espargaro is among the tallest riders in MotoGP, being 180cm tall. As a result, he must work even harder than most to strike a balance between […]

The fastest Sepang MotoGP laps were set by Espargaro and Bastianini

Espargaro and Bastianini

On the final day of the 2022 test, Aleix Espargaro and later Enea Bastianini broke Danilo Petrucci’s unofficial 2019 Sepang record. Aleix Espargaro shattered the all-time unofficial Sepang lap record at the start of Sunday’s final day of testing after leading an Aprilia one-two on Saturday. But it didn’t last long, as Enea Bastianini went […]

Viales was the fastest on Day 2 of the Sepang Shakedown Test

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Aprilia’s star returned to the RS-GP, HRC’s Bradl was back, and rookie Bezzecchi was the fastest of the rookies. Maverick Viales of Aprilia Racing was fastest on Day 2 of the MotoGPTM Shakedown Test at the Sepang International Circuit, setting a time of 1:59.883 on his first day on track in 2022. Because Aprilia is the […]