It appears MotoGP race winners Miguel Oliveira and Alex Rins have found new homes as Sky Italia are reporting Oliveira to Aprilia on a two-year deal, with Rins is set to join LCR Honda.
Aprilia team-mates Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales both featured in the Sachsenring podium battle, but were blighted by very different technical issues in Sunday’s German MotoGP.
With the futures of several MotoGP riders yet to be decided, factory Red Bull KTM rider Miguel Oliveira is one of those looking to secure a deal after receiving interest from both Ducati and Aprilia.
The chance to fight for a MotoGP title after spending most of his career outside of the championship top ten may explain Aleix Espargaro’s ‘very strange’ reaction to the last-lap mistake in Barcelona.
Aprilia’s rivals were lining up to praise the low grip performance of the RS-GP after Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales topped Friday practice for the Catalunya MotoGP.
Fabio Quartararo has blamed ‘low grip’ conditions for his disappointing day-one performance at the Catalan MotoGP, while also claiming “had the race been today, we would have been in damage limitation.”
Aleix Espargaro was in top form as he dominated Catalunya MotoGP FP2 from team-mate Maverick Vinales. Ducati hot on their heels after finishing with four bikes inside the top seven.
Lin Jarvis has confirmed Yamaha will focus solely on its factory team in 2023, as ‘alternatives’ for a satellite team weren’t available following RNF’s switch to Aprilia.
With Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales confirmed at Aprilia for another two years, and RNF Racing switching from Yamaha to Aprilia in 2023, here’s a look at how the latest moves impact the MotoGP rider market.