The presentation of the official Aprilia team set the tone of a team engaged at the highest level of motorcycle competition which works hard and efficiently in a good mood. His RS-GP showed good performance during an off-season which will now have to be confirmed in the race, and this will be for next weekend on the same Portimao track which concluded the winter testing period. There will be four Noale machines on the MotoGP grid this year and it's a big first for the Ducati compatriots. To recognize his flock with doubled numbers, boss Massimo Rivola, who likes plans that go smoothly, has given a nickname to each of his pilots, one of whom is not unknown to those in the know...
Aprilia had a great 2022 campaign which was the first under his own name, but Massimo Rivola, the head of competition within the brand thinks that the best is yet to come: “ the scenario for 2023 is certainly much more exciting than that for 2022 » we read about him on motorcyclesports.
« It's a much bigger challenge with a lot more pressure, but that doesn't scare Aprilia »
« It will be much more difficult, it's a much bigger challenge with a lot more pressure, but that doesn't scare us. I think we will approach the season with even more courage, if possible, compared to last year ", he said in a video introducing Aprilia's MotoGP team.
To distinguish his squad, the Italian implemented a fun method, giving nicknames to his pilots: “ to define the four riders in one word? Well… Aleix Espargaró is “ The captain ", for sure. Maverick Viñales is the real one Top Gun, so brilliant and reckless ". And how does he perceive the latest arrivals in the family? “ It’s also interesting to get to know the new drivers… Miguel Oliveira, I would say “ Doctor », because he is very meticulous, very clean in his piloting. Raul Fernandez… perhaps the craziest of the group, the most “ fou ».
It will be noted that Massimo rivola in its inspiration from the series “the all-risk agency” had the delicacy of not identifying anyone under the nickname “looping”. This will have looked bad in a category where you can fall more often than not.
