This is one of the new features for this MotoGP season and it is perhaps even the big news given the scale of the work carried out. This is the last RS-GP that Aprilia will field this year. In fact, a motorcycle completely rebuilt since its engine goes from 75° to 90°. For what result? If you listen to test driver Bradley Smith who drove it during two of the three days of the Sepang shakedown, it's like night and day...
Better late than never ! This is the message of Bradley Smith who takes stock of his first contact with the last Aprilia RS-GP. A manufacturer which began its MotoGP adventure on the basis of its Superbike RSV4 with an engine opened at 65°, then at 75°, before adopting the 90° angle already adopted by KTM, Honda and Ducati.
On his first contact with the latest addition to the Noale factories, the Englishman admits that he was initially tense about his handlebars. And for good reason… " The bike is so new that we only have two 2020 versions and a limited number of spare parts. When I did my time, there were a few places where I held back a little. The last thing I wanted was to leave the bike in pieces in the box. »
But the impressions are good: “ these six or seven months of waiting were worth it Says Bradley Smith on Motomatters.com. " We have two or three major areas where we are suffering. But the good thing is that the engineers managed to modify a lot of things on the bike. They look at every detail and improve any areas we complain about. »
For the last day of the Malaysian “shakedown”, Aleix Espargaró took over by contesting the best time from his brother Pol on the KTM from the first laps…
