It is a happy Romano Albesiano who has finished with the three days known as " shakedown » which took place on the Sepang track in Malaysia. A preliminary to the big dress rehearsal which will bring together the tenors from February 6 on the same route. An exercise which ended with a better time for Aleix Espargaró. And good impressions which confirm the validity of the winter work in the Noale workshops. Based on the information provided by Iannone, at the end of the year spent in Jerez…
At least that's the version given by the one who can now concentrate on a technical side that he likes. Aprilia sports management has in fact no longer been its concern for a certain Rivola coming from Scuderia Ferrari took on this mission.
« It was a really good three days. » commented the Italian on GP One. " We started off based on the Jerez tests where we found some good ideas to work on. We have confirmed this direction. Bradley Smith brought positive sentiments which Aleix later confirmed. It's like a loop that closes ideally. Andrea Iannone hasn't tried the bike yet, but I have no doubt he will be just as satisfied ».
And for good reason… " During the winter we used the information given by Andrea. When you have a rider who has Ducati and Suzuki experience, you can benefit from a different point of view and you have new information to process. Thanks to his instructions, we understood a lot of things ».
He explains the path traced by Joe the Maniac: “ the idea was to develop a motor that required only minor corrections from the electronics to function properly. We have made concrete progress and I hope that will be enough. I think we have a really good base to start the season ". To be continued…
