MotoGP, Davide Brivio (Trackhouse) remains realistic: "Ducati dominates MotoGP but..."

In just one season, Trackhouse Aprilia went from a new, inexperienced team with very modest results to a crucial satellite within the Aprilia ecosystem. Davide Brivio, the American team manager, was very proud of his rookie Ai Ogura at the start of the season, before the rider disappeared after the first third of the year, largely due to injuries. Fortunately, Raul Fernandez stepped up towards the end, securing a memorable victory in Australia and a podium finish at the final round in Valencia.

Brivio spoke at length to the media crash.netand discussed the current hierarchy in MotoGP. While Ducati continues to dominate, Aprilia has closed the gap considerably towards the end. "I think this shows how excellent Aprilia's development work has been." The progress made by Aprilia throughout the season – with many small details, minor improvements, the simplification of certain operations, etc." he declared. Fabiano Sterlacchini, the technical director of the Noale firm, aimed to avoid focusing on any one particular area..

 

 

However, he has no trouble recognizing Ducati's superiority. "I think we saw a strong dominance from Ducati at the beginning of the year, with all its riders. There were always three, four, five Ducatis in frontThen, towards the end of the season, the Ducati was still probably the best bike, but there was much more competition between Aprilia and KTM, and sometimes Honda. Unfortunately, Marc was forced to withdraw from the race… Ducati still won races with other riders, but was less dominant, let's say. The weekends became more unpredictable than at the beginning of the year. That's what I'm observing." he added.

Aprilia's mission is clear: to catch up with Ducati to compete for the 2026 world title, as Massimo Rivola has already publicly stated. "So of course, all my congratulations to Ducati for what they have achieved. They have done an incredible job." They dominate MotoGP, but they must understand that the other competitors are trying to catch up. » he concluded.

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