Aprilia

Jack Miller and Aleix Espargaro were among those to praise the performance of MotoGP rookie Augusto Fernandez in Sunday’s French Grand Prix.

Ten races into the 2023 MotoGP season and Aprilia has just one podium to show for the efforts of its four riders.

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’.

While Aprilia and Yamaha have MotoGP bikes that can be fast on their own, KTM has a bike that can race.

Aleix Espargaro defied scorching afternoon temperatures at Jerez to lead an Aprilia one-two in Friday practice for the Spanish MotoGP.

Another bad start ‘potentially’ denied Maverick Vinales of a debut Aprilia victory in Sunday’s Americas MotoGP.

When Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales finished first and second in both Friday practice sessions in Argentina, Aprilia looked on course for a repeat of its 2022 MotoGP victory.

Aprilia made a perfect return to the scene of their debut MotoGP victory with Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales first and second in Friday practice at Termas de Rio Hondo.

After seeing teammate Maverick Vinales take home the FP1 spoils, Aleix Espargaro fought back to claim top spot with the fastest overall time on day-one of the Argentine MotoGP. 

If race wins are proportional to the number of aero attachments fitted to a MotoGP bike, Aprilia will be tough to beat in 2023.

Fabio Quartararo may have made a breakthrough after returning to old aero on the final day of 2023 MotoGP pre-season testing, but he also got his first taste of an Aprilia-style rear wing.

Factory Aprilia MotoGP riders Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales present the team’s 2023 RS-GP livery from Portimao.

The MotoGP fanbase is only around 30% the size of Formula One, with a higher average age but a stronger connection to the sport.

After a ‘great’ Aprilia debut at the Valencia test, RNF team boss Razlan Razali has high hopes for five-time MotoGP race winner Miguel Oliveira in 2023.

Aprilia wants to see Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez challenging factory MotoGP stars Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales in MotoGP this season.

If Aprilia can continue its upward MotoGP trend following the loss of technical concessions, it will be the first manufacturer not to take a step back the following season.

In terms of race wins, Japanese manufacturers suffered their worst season of the ‘MotoGP’ era in 2022.

Miguel Oliveira and Aprilia top Keith Huewen’s list of potential surprises for the 2023 MotoGP season.

Aleix Espargaro is sure that the addition of a satellite team for 2023 will boost the entire Aprilia MotoGP project.

The only significant change to the MotoGP technical rules for the 2023 season is a controversial ban on the use of front ride-height devices.

A switch to Aprilia for the 2023 MotoGP season brought the curtain down on four years as a satellite Yamaha team for SRT/RNF. But the Yamaha association went much further back for team manager Wilco Zeelenberg.

Aleix Espargaro has bemoaned the lack of upgrades from Aprilia at last month’s Valencia MotoGP test after seeing rivals bring new ideas to the table.

Official MotoGP testing may have ended at Valencia earlier this month, but Aprilia's test team has been back on track at Jerez while its four 2023 race riders headed to the wind tunnel.

RNF’s new era with Aprilia got off to an impressive start with new signing Miguel Oliveira fourth fastest on his debut at the Valencia MotoGP test.