At Aprilia, we have every reason to celebrate at the moment given the results achieved by Aleix Espargaró in a state of grace on the handlebars of the RS-GP. Moreover, the Noale firm is celebrating this weekend on a Misano track dedicated to the brand as part of the Aprilia All Stars 2022. The boss of the competition Massimo Rivola said a word about this situation in Grand Prix, also marked by the promised departure of Suzuki at the end of this year…
The Misano Adriatico site was opened this weekend for the Aprilia All Stars 2022, an event which, like every year, brings together all fans of the Noale brand for a day on the track. There are the riders, old and new, and there are the motorcycles, old and new too: from the Grand Prix 250 two-stroke to Max Biaggi's RSV4-X. Aleix Espargaró, Lorenzo Savadori and Maverick Viñales without forgetting Andrea Iannone did not miss the call.
Massimo rivola was also of course there and he spoke about the situation in MotoGP marked by the decisions to come for 2023, which will now be influenced by the surprising certainty of attending Suzuki's retirement at the end of this season. Initially, the boss of the competition wanted to reassure his drivers on the transfer market: “ we are good like that. Aleix Espargaró calls Aprilia his family, and it's the same for us. We look great like that, Maverick Viñales will grow, he's a huge talent. This also applies to Lorenzo Savadori ».
Massimo Rivola: “what we are looking for is to have a sort of “Junior Team”"
The Italian thus calms the growing rumor of contact made with alex rins for employment. That being said, he does not really deny it by recognizing that in 2023, there could indeed be two more RS-GPs on the starting grid. And it will be necessary to put two other pilots on it… “ For the satellite team, we need partnership conditions and somewhat tight deadlines, but we can do it. If there is the possibility, why not, it certainly helps to grow » he said on Mowmag. The former Ferrari driver in Formula 1 even specifies: “cWhat we are looking for, if there is an opportunity, is to have a sort of “Junior Team”, a team that can work alongside us to develop the bike and grow the riders and engineers. . If this opportunity arises we are interested and the other condition is that if we do we must act immediately to find this team ready to be a junior team because the goal is to build a team together, not just sell the bicycles. We don't want to sell the bikes but to grow and improve as an official team ".
The arrival of this partner would undoubtedly help to counterbalance the loss of concession points in the regulations which will reduce development opportunities. However, there is still a campaign to be done, a competition where Aleix Espargaro point second to championnat before the seventh round expected in France next weekend…: “ We must not have false expectations regarding the championship he says. " We have to go to every Grand Prix confident that we will do our best, which now puts the bike in the top five in every race. Then at the end of the year we'll see where we are ».
