Their journey remains anonymous and their work in the shadows. These are the men from Aprilia who left a Superbike where they collected titles and victories for a fate without rank in MotoGP. Needy, they cling to an ambition refused by Kawasaki and, in Jerez, they intend to take a step forward with new developments. And even, perhaps, fins.
This is not going to please anyone Dani Pedrosa which would put a lot of weight in the wing of this fashion which wants to see fins flourish on motorcycles. For the moment, only Suzuki and Aprilia have not succumbed to the temptation of the appendix. But from this weekend, in Jerez, it could well be that only the Hamamatsu motorcycles remain free of any growth.
Of course, there is also Honda in absolute terms, but at HRC, we are working on the subject. In Noale, the theme seems to be entering the practical work phase. For the Spanish Grand Prix, the Italians are indeed promising us a revamped RS-GP: “ During the first three races we were able to collect a lot of information which highlighted the areas where we need to improve the most » tells on crash.net the manager of Aprilia Racing, Romano Albesiano.
« From there, we launched developments which we will use during the European Grands Prix. This will be the case from this weekend in Jerez where we will have new features in terms of chassis, electronics and aerodynamics ". Aerodynamic? The ailerons are suggested here.
« Jerez is a track that suits Álvaro very well and he had a good result there last year. Stefan is in a good phase, as his results show » explains the boss who is happy with the seventh place won by the German in Argentina. “ We hope for an improvement in performance at Jerez ". The two Aprilia riders are respectively fourteenth and fifteenth in the provisional general classification after three contested races.