Eugene Laverty says his race two at Donington Park “was a disaster” with a scary technical problem with his Milwaukee Aprilia which caused his throttle to get stuck open.
As the 2019 MotoGP grid fills up, the competition for the remaining seats intensifies with Danilo Petrucci claiming on Thursday he is pondering an offer to leave Pramac Ducati and take over Scott Redding’s seat at Aprilia.
'I've got no desire to go back to MotoGP and have a year like last year…. My priority is to stay here, improve over this year, win some races and have a full go at [the Moto2 title] next year' - Sam Lowes.
Aprilia's new carbon fibre swingarm is due to make its debut 'in one of the next races', following a promising private test with the MotoGP team at Mugello.
Eugene Laverty and Leon Camier have both been passed fit to take part in the opening free practice at Imola and will be reviewed after the session before being allowed to contest the full race weekend.
Eugene Laverty is aiming to make an early comeback from injury next weekend at Imola for Milwaukee Aprilia as he hopes to pass a fitness test on the eve of the Italian round.
Aleix Espargaro has expressed his amazement at several decisions throughout the Grand Prix of Argentina, principally Race Direction’s decision to not show Marc Marquez a black flag despite a string of high-speed offences.
Scott Redding heads to this weekend's Austin MotoGP having scored Aprilia's first points of the season with a twelfth-place finish in Argentina. The result was something of a relief for the Englishman, who felt at odds with the RS-GP during the opening round in Qatar.
Scott Redding says he’s delighted to recapture his comfortable feeling with the Aprilia RS-GP bike during Friday practice at the Argentina MotoGP as he closed in on the top ten.
David Giugliano has been picked as Eugene Laverty’s replacement at Milwaukee Aprilia while he recovers from his nasty injury sustained in Thailand two weeks ago.
Having left the Qatar MotoGP season-opener empty-handed, scoring points will be the first priority for Aleix Espargaro and Scott Redding in Argentina this weekend.
Eugene Laverty has been ruled out of action for two months and will miss the next three World Superbike rounds due to his injuries sustained in a nasty crash in Thailand during the second race.
Eugene Laverty has sustained a broken pelvis in a horrific crash during race two of the Thailand World Superbike round after being hit accidently by MV Agusta’s Jordi Torres.
Full free practice two results for the second round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at the Chang International Circuit (Buriram), Thailand. 1. Eugene Laverty IRE Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 1m 33.851s
Aprilia Racing manager Romano Albesiano is targeting the factory's best ever four-stroke MotoGP results with the new version of the RS-GP. Aleix Espargaro equalled Aprilia's top four-stroke GP finish of sixth on his debut for the team a year ago in Qatar.
They may be running behind schedule, but Aprilia’s technical chief Romano Albesiano is sure the factory’s 2018 MotoGP engine will deliver more power to its riders once it is introduced to its riders for the first race of the year, while featuring a “more robust concept" that what has been us
Full race one results for the opening round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island, Australia. 1. Marco Melandri ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati Panigale R 22 laps