With the announced withdrawal of Suzuki in 2023, the presence or not of a satellite Aprilia MotoGP team in 2023 takes on all its importance, especially as this could also have repercussions on the presence of satellite Yamahas, in case the RNF team would give in to the sirens of Noale…
Massimo rivola was therefore questioned on the subject during the exceptional press conference given by the Aprilia men today at Mugello.
The position of Aprilia's CEO is clear, and the response will come in the coming days.
Massimo rivola : " I would like to tell you that the answer will come very soon, and in a way it will be very soon; whether it's yes or whether it's no, because the deadline that we have set is around that time. So it's possible, and to be honest it's something that I'm asking for, and Aleix is pushing me to do it, and if it's not possible we will continue to do as we have done until now, and this wasn't that bad. It's not something we have to do, it's an opportunity to progress for our society, for the bike, for the riders and for the engineers: it's an opportunity. But to do it properly, we need to have a yes or a no in the next few days. »
Difficult to interpret this still very open response which undoubtedly depends on the ongoing negotiations with Razlan Razali's team... and the financial guarantees provided.
Noale's strategy also remains a question mark, as to whether this satellite team would simply aim to make the 2022 factory machines profitable, or, as is the current trend at Ducati, KTM and Honda, if four factory motorcycles would be lined up to advance the 2023 RS-GP, with the industrial constraints that this implies…
Will Aprilia succeed where Suzuki failed?
