Currently racing the 2022-spec Aprilia at RNF, Miguel Oliveira got a surprise chance to try the latest factory bike during the recent Misano MotoGP test.
It wasn’t only KTM’s MotoGP riders that got to try a carbon fibre frame during Monday’s Misano test, with Aprilia also making their version of the composite frame available to Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales.
After being caught up in another rider’s accident for the third time this season at the start of the Austrian MotoGP Sprint, Miguel Oliveira’s grand prix hopes were dashed almost as quickly by a ‘strange’ technical issue.
After reaching ‘our record’ front tyre pressure in Saturday’s Sprint, Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro lined up for Sunday’s Austrian MotoGP with his front tyre ‘almost flat’.
Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Austrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring, round 10 of 20 in the 2023 world championship.
RNF team boss Razlan Razali insists that Raul Fernandez's MotoGP seat is not only safe for 2024, but that Aprilia then has a further two-year option on the services of the young Spaniard.
Among those waiting to celebrate with Aleix Espargaro in parc ferme after his brilliant 12th-to-1st victory in the British MotoGP were his children Max and Mia.
When Maverick Vinales tore up a big-money Yamaha MotoGP contract and ultimately split from the factory mid-way through 2021, many were questioning if he had made the right move.
Analysis by Aprilia has revealed that the engine which failed for Maverick Vinales in last Sunday’s German MotoGP race had been malfunctioning all weekend.
Visibly distraught and barely able to walk in the morning session, Aleix Espargaro overcame the agony from a ‘stupid’ cycling accident to be the top Aprilia rider on day one of the Italian MotoGP.
After missing Le Mans due to injuries, Miguel Oliveira and RNF Aprilia team-mate Raul Fernandez are both planning to make MotoGP comebacks at Mugello this weekend.
Eight races into the 2023 MotoGP season and Aprilia feels Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales have ‘reaped far less than deserved in the initial part of the season’.