OFFICIAL MotoGP: RNF Aprilia will ride with Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez

Aprilia welcomes two new riders to its RS-GP project. This was assured by an instant rumor and Raul Fernandez, on his social network, sent an unambiguous farewell message to KTM. In the meantime, Miguel Oliveira had rejected the offer of a three-year contract under the colors of GASGAS. These two names are therefore logically found in the new satellite team of the manufacturer Aprilia which is RNF of Razlan Razali. For him too, 2023 will be a revolution since he abandons Yamaha for the Noale firm. All these beautiful people will have revenge to take on their previous situation…

It's done ! Aprilia Racing and RNF have confirmed that Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Raul fernandez (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing) will race in RS-GP next season in the new independent team from the Noale factory. After confirmation ofAleix Espargaro et Maverick Vinales in the official team, the pair of drivers from the RNF team of Razlan Razali was therefore also confirmed.

The two drivers are pure products of the sector KTM which they seem to leave without much regret. While the Spaniard suffered in a rookie season despite his status as 2021 Moto2 world vice-champion, Miguel Oliveira is still the one who brought the most victories to the RC16 in MotoGP, or four. The duo signed for two years. They will be able to test theAprilia from the end of this season, KTM having given his agreement.

« Aprilia and we believe in the talent of the two riders »

Razlan Razali – Fondateur et directeur de l’équipe WithU RNF MotoGP a commenté : “nous sommes extrêmement ravis d’accueillir Miguel Oliveira et Raul Fernandez dans l’équipe WithU RNF MotoGP à partir de 2023. Cela n’a pas été un processus simple, mais avec Aprilia, nous avons été très clairs sur les pilotes que nous voulions. Ce sont tous les deux de jeunes pilotes avec une bonne combinaison d’expérience, venant de Miguel, et de Raul dont je suis personnellement fan depuis qu’il s’est révélé dans la catégorie Moto2 l’année dernière en devenant vice-champion. Le sécuriser enfin, c’est fantastique. Aprilia and we believe in the talent of the two riders, so we can't wait for them to drive for us next season! ».

Massimo rivola – CEO of Aprilia Racing added: “ our satellite project with the RNF team is taking shape in the way we designed it from the very beginning. We managed to attract two extraordinary talents, two drivers whom I respect enormously both from a human point of view and for their technical qualities. Miguel has shown his talent in all categories, although he is still very young, he has already accumulated a lot of experience, winning four races in MotoGP, sometimes with dominant performances. At his side will be Raul, a pilot that I do not hide having searched several times. I think he is one of the clearest promises of recent years, what he did in Moto2 in his early days says a lot about his speed. We will have to be good at giving them both a technical package that will allow them to perform to their full potential ».