Max Biaggi is 48 years old, and although he swore after a serious supermoto accident that he would never be seen on a circuit again on a motorcycle, he confirmed the adage that chasing the natural, he comes back at a gallop... The one who is also now a team boss in Moto3 who will ride in 2020 with Husqvarna does not forget that he is an Aprilia ambassador. A brand with which he has won the majority of his titles and victories, including the last in WSBK. In fact, it was with an X-class RSV-4 that he rediscovered his taste for speed at Sepang. The opportunity to give your opinion on the situation of the brand which is the collateral damage of the doping affair which concerns Andrea Iannone…
Max Biaggi was on the Sepang track in Malaysia to demonstrate the firepower of a Aprilia RSV-4 which admits 225 hp for only 165 kilos. A real Superbike of which there are only ten examples, already sold at 39 euros each. “ I reached a top speed of 290 km/h. At Mugello, we even did 305 with the X » rejoices the Corsair who recalls that this machine is definitely very close to the Superbike with which he competed from 2010 to 2015.
« In terms of engine power, the output is very similar to the factory machine I drove in 2015 », assures Max. “ We must not forget that the engine has a displacement of 1100 cc. The electronics are very similar to the factory motorcycle from 2015. The behavior of the motorcycle is also comparable, the handling is completely identical. So you drive a thoroughbred racing superbike »
A track girl with whom he circled around the other protagonists who were at the event. He took them 10 seconds per turn… “ I drove for three days. The new Aprilia was to be presented in Malaysia and the rest of Southeast Asia. There were a lot of drivers on the track, in places it was difficult and dangerous because only amateurs were on the road » comments the Roman emperor who gives up despite this absence of adversity: “ unfortunately I'm still fast »
A final sentence which is striking in a context where Aprilia is preparing to do without its titular rider Andrea Iannone embroiled in a doping affair. Max Biaggi will he help his favorite manufacturer by doing, for example, tests with the RS-GP? he responds on Speedweek: “ a MotoGP test rider must not only have speed, but also a clear idea of the technological input he must provide to the engineers ", Explain biaggi who also answered the question of whether the Superbike rider Lorenzo Savadori could be a suitable MotoGP test rider… There was no enthusiastic endorsement….
