KTM had set the tone by reserving the Red Bull Ring for two days, thus allowing work to resume on its RC16 left fallow since confinement. With Pol Espargaró happy to find his motorbike and Dani Pedrosa, freed from a quarantine which lasted only a few hours, the Mattighofen firm showed the way and the example, since the health instructions were also tested for true on the ground. Echoing this, Aprilia will go to Misano…
Misano opens its doors again. A boon for Italian manufacturers. We informed you that Ducati had reserved the site of June 23 to 25. We know today that it will be first for the WSBK program, with Pirro but also, a priori, Redding et Davies. But we also learn that before these dates, Aprilia will have filed the new bitumen of the route located on the edge of the Adriatic.
As reported Motoracing through a Paolo Ianieri read on 'La Gazzetta dello Sport', Aprilia reserved the track for June 10 and 11. The Noale house will continue its development work on the new 90° V4 engine already tested in Malaysia and Losail until June 30. The Venetian company lobbied to postpone the engine freeze, as required by the “emergency regulations”, also applicable to teams with concessions. KTM is also in this case. Dorna and MSMA have set the end of June as the latest date for the development of Aprilia and KTM engines.
On site, we wait Aleix Espargaró et Bradley Smith. The latter replaces a Andrea Iannone still suspended and awaiting the decision of his appeal against this sanction for doping.
