MotoGP Aprilia: after the Silverstone podium Viñales is eager to get started

Tomorrow August 31, Maverick Viñales will discover his new motorcycle in Misano. For the first time he will know what sensations a V4 delivers and the former Yamaha in-line four-cylinder arrives at a special period within the Noale factory. Indeed, the latter can already boast of a podium in MotoGP and of having thus given a penknife to its posture allowing it to favor concession points in the regulations...But be careful, this is not maybe not such good news for Top Gun.

Because it is thanks to this system put in place to encourage the arrival of new manufacturers thatAprilia can use the card fully tomorrow Casa Particular in Viñales from this season. For example, the Spaniard has the possibility of doing six widcards, which means, at this stage of the competition, doing the remaining six races this year.

What does it mean to lose these concessions? In the hypothetical case where Aleix Espargaró, Lorenzo Savadori or even Maverick Vinales conquer more podiums this year and reach the six concession points, Aprilia will no longer benefit from unlimited tests this year and will not be able to count on its official drivers for these private tests. The brand must limit itself only to its official tester. Right now, technically, it would be Maverick Vinales.

Message from Aleix to Viñales: “ Thank you brother, you will benefit a lot« 

The rest of the advantages which are 9 engines instead of 7, free engine development instead of technical freeze, and 6 wildcards would be kept until the final event in Valencia. From now on, Aprilia will have to play according to the same rules as the rest of the manufacturers. These points accumulate according to this following calculation: a victory is worth three points, a second place is worth two points and a third place is worth one point. If Aprilia reaches six points within a maximum period of two years, then it will lose its privileges in MotoGP as it happened to KTM in 2020. Otherwise, his counter would return to zero points.

Waiting, Casa Particular in Viñales watched the British Grand Prix carefully and was delighted with its final result. On his social network, he mentioned the event of this podium which puts an end to 116 races without this major reward for a manufacturer who is a member of the powerful European Piaggio group. Aleix Espargaró did not hesitate to answer him. “ Thank you brother, you will benefit a lot ". Let's hope so for all parts of this new adventure. Aleix will monitor everything that happens in the test Misano and, above all, will want to know Maverick's feelings and opinions with theAprilia the most competitive in history...