With its new four-cylinder V-shaped engine open at 90°, Aprilia is making a 180° turn this year in its RS-GP project. The motorcycle has been redesigned in numerous points, but the technical director nevertheless wishes to point out that his troops have not yet embarked on exploring new avenues in search of the exotic element that will make the difference. He leaves that to his compatriots at Ducati and he explains why…
MotoGP understood that the economic crisis was going to follow the current health crisis by freezing the technical development of its motorcycles until 2022. But if the engine and aerodynamics will have to remain as they are, other elements on the motorcycle can be studied. A message understood by Ducati who works a lot on the wheels…
With a new RS-GP, Aprilia could take advantage of the opportunity to embark on the same process. But that won't be the case. The one who decides on the matter in Noale, Roman Albesian, explain why : " we need a good foundation. On this basis you can build exotic technologies, but this is the second stage », specifies the engineer during the 'MotoGP RoundTable'. “ I don't think MotoGP is about having the craziest things to be competitive. If all areas are balanced, then performance is good ».
“We are working on a secret thing”
« A secret weapon is not the key to success. At the moment we don't have any secret technology, but we are working on a secret thing. We have not yet used this technology », explains the Aprilia engineer who points out: “ in the history of MotoGP, simple machines were especially the winning machines ».
Ducati has repeatedly surprised their opponents with new technologies in recent years. The fins, the “holeshot” and recently new brake calipers with optimized flow. For his part, Aprilia Currently hesitant to innovate and is concerned about the basic configuration.
The 2020 RS-GP made its debut during winter testing. “ The first test gave us positive impressions, but we need to understand why the drivers had such good feedback "Comments Albesian, who said that the Misano test was also very important to better understand the new bike.
