There were speeches about today's MotoGP and tomorrow's MotoGP during the big Aprilia party in Misano last weekend. Current riders and even the suspended Andrea Iannone fueled the conversation while boss Massimo Rivola acknowledged that with the withdrawal of concession points and the promised departure of Suzuki, Noale's decision-makers have never been so ready to validate the idea of a satellite team. This should have a particular vocation of a junior team says the boss of the competition. Precisely, the brand ambassador Max Biaggi has a Moto3 structure…
Ideas thrown into the air always end up falling back and you never know, at that moment, how things will turn out. For now, it's on hold, and it's the question of the satellite team Aprilia in MotoGP by 2023. Massimo rivola who was among the fans of the brand during the weekend celebrating the Noale coat of arms in Misano commented on the situation: “ We have already been talking about a satellite team since last year. However, we are not interested in just selling motorcycles. What we are looking for, if there is an opportunity, is to have a sort of Junior Team, a team that can work side by side with us to develop the bike and grow the riders and engineers ».
From there, the question arose as to which team currently competing in the Grand Prix could do the job. Rumor has it that Razlan Razali of RNF is thinking of replacing its Yamahas with two RS-GPs. It is also rumored that the Moto3 team Leopard Racing sees the expected disappearance of Suzuki as the opportunity to finally realize his MotoGP dreams, with Aprilia...
Be the boss of an Aprilia satellite team? Max Biaggi doesn't think about it but he could imagine it
But sometimes we look far away for what we have in front of us. We will indeed recall that the brand ambassador, who won five of his six titles with Aprilia, or in this case Max Biaggi is also a team boss in Moto3 under the colors of Husqvarna… On GP One, he was approached on the subject and he responded as follows: “ I already have a team in Moto3 and I realize that it is not easy to have a group of 13 to 14 people to manage ».
He adds : " when we think that a MotoGP team requires 25 or 30 personnel and that a MotoGP is also much more complex as a motorcycle, maybe I wouldn't want to get involved in that kind of team as an owner ". However, the corsair does not close the door: “ but if Aprilia thinks about it and asks me, I could definitely take it into account. Even if it is not easy for Aprilia to make a second team ". To be continued ?
