THIS BLACK SUNDAY DOES NOT CANCEL OUT THE SEASON WHERE APRILIA MADE A GREAT LEAP FORWARD IN ALL THE STANDINGS ACHIEVING THE BEST RESULTS EVER IN THE PREMIER CLASS.
20 RIDERS WITHIN ONE SECOND, CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE CONTENDERS WITHIN 40 THOUSANDTHS. ALEIX ESPARGARÓ FOURTH AND MAVERICK VIÑALES TENTH FOR DIBS ON A SPOT IN Q2.
YET ANOTHER GREAT RACE AND A PODIUM FOR ESPARGARÓ AND APRILIA, THIRD IN ARAGÓN. ALEIX EARNS 16 POINTS ON THE LEADER AND IS NOW 17 POINTS BEHIND THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD WHEREAS APRILIA IS NOW SECOND IN THE CONSTRUCTOR CHAMPIONSHIP. AN UPHILL RACE FOR MAVERICK VIÑALES WHO, FORCED TO START FROM THE BACK, WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH ON THE FIRST LAP BUT STILL FINISHED IN THE POINTS. ALEIX: “WHAT A RACE! WE’LL TRY OUR BEST AND HAVE FUN ALL THE WAY TO THE END!”
RACE FOR THE TITLE STILL WIDE OPEN WITH MAZZIOTTO, BARRY, AND DE KEYREL ON APRILIA RS660 IN THE TOP 5 OF THE OVERALL STANDINGS FOR THE CATEGORY. NEXT AND FINAL RACE: AT BARBER MOTOSPORTS PARK IN ALABAMA ON 23 AND 24 SEPTEMBER.
MAVERICK VIÑALES RIDES HIS RS-GP TO A PODIUM FINISH IN THE MISANO RACE. ALEIX ESPARGARÓ DEFENDS WELL ON AN UNFRIENDLY TRACK AND REMAINS A CONTENDER FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.
ALEIX, INVOLVED IN A CRASH BY QUARTARARO, PUTS IN AN EPIC PERFORMANCE ON THE TRACK, RIDING OUT OF THE GRAVEL, HE LAPS LIKE NO ONE ELSE ON THE TRACK AND COMES BACK FROM FIFTEENTH TO FOURTH PLACE. ALEIX IS NOW SECOND IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS, TWENTY-ONE POINTS BEHIND THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER. APRILIA RACING TAKES BACK THE TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERSHIP.
WITH A GOOD SEVENTH PLACE, MAVERICK IMPROVES AND BRINGS HOME VALUABLE POINTS FOR THE TEAM. CONFIRMATION ARRIVES FROM BARCELONA AS WELL FOR APRILIA RACING, PROTAGONIST IN THE MOTOGP CHAMPIONSHIP.
THIS IS THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE FOR ALEIX WHO TIGHTENS HIS GRIP ON THE SECOND SPOT IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS. OUTSTANDING RACE AND BRILLIANT PACE FOR MAVERICK WHO, PENALISED BY HIS TIME ATTACK, CAME BACK 12 POSITIONS AND, ABOVE ALL, DEMONSTRATED AN OUTSTANDING RACE PACE.
APRILIA RACING ARRIVES AT THE ROUND ITALIAN FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AS A PROTAGONIST. ALEIX IS SECOND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS FOUR POINTS BEHIND THE LEADER AND MAVERICK IS READY TO BE PUT TO THE TEST ON ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR TRACKS. APRILIA RACING, FIRST IN THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS, ALSO TAKES THE THIRD RS-GP ON THE TRACK WITH WILD CARD LORENZO SAVADORI.
ALEIX WINS A SPECTACULAR DUAL WITH THE WORLD CHAMPION TO TAKE HOME THIRD PLACE WHICH POSITIONS HIM JUST FOUR POINTS BEHIND THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER. MAVERICK VIÑALES, PENALISED BY A START THAT RELEGATED HIM TO THE BACK OF THE GROUP, CLAWS HIS WAY BACK TO FINISH IN THE TOP TEN. APRILIA RACING LEADS THE OVERALL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS.
ON SATURDAY 7 MAY, THE MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FREE OF CHARGE, FOR A DAY OF PASSION, SPORT AND ENDLESS FUN FOR EVERYONE. THE GATES WILL OPEN AT 9.30 AM, WITH EVENTS RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE DAY UNTIL 6.00 PM. THE STARS OF THE APRILIA MOTOGP TEAM WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE, ALONG WITH GREAT CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE HISTORY OF MOTORCYCLING. VISITORS CAN ALSO ENJOY FREE TEST RIDES OF THE 2022 APRILIA RANGE. BUT THE SHOW IS FOR EVERYONE, WITH MUSIC FROM RADIO DEEJAY AND M2O WITH VIC AND VITTORIA HYDE AND AN EXTRAORDINARY LIVE PERFORMANCE BY ALBERTINO. AND ONE LUCKY APRILIA ALL STARS ATTENDEE WILL WIN A FANTASTIC APRILIA TUONO 660.
THIRD AFTER A FANTASTIC COMEBACK RACE AND NOW SOLIDLY IN THIRD PLACE OVERALL. TOP-TEN FINISH FOR MAVERICK, PENALISED BY THE START. LORENZO CRASHES OUT ON THE FINAL LAP BUT TESTS A LOT OF UPGRADES ON HIS RS-GP TO CONTINUE GROWING THE APRILIA MOTOGP PROJECT.
MAVERICK VIÑALES TENTH AND ALEIX ESPARGARÓ ELEVENTH IN THE GP OF THE AMERICAS. ON A DIFFICULT TRACK, ANOTHER SOLID WEEKEND THAT BOOSTS CONFIDENCE AHEAD OF THE EUROPEAN PORTION OF THE SEASON.
TRACK EVENTS ARE BACK WITH THE APRILIA V4 FACTORY RANGE, THE SUPER FUN RS 660 AND THE NEW TUONO 660 FACTORY. A UNIQUE FORMAT WHERE YOU CAN APPRECIATE THE QUALITIES OF THE MAGNIFICENT SPORT BIKES MADE IN NOALE IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT - ON THE MOST SPECTACULAR CIRCUITS OF ITALY AND EUROPE. THE RIDING ACADEMY COURSES ARE ALSO CONFIRMED IN ITALY, TO HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCE ON THE TRACK.
AFTER ALEIX ESPARGARÓ’S HISTORIC VICTORY IN ARGENTINA AND WITH MAVERICK VIÑALES IMPROVING RAPIDLY, APRILIA TACKLES THE TEXAS ROUND WITH CONFIDENCE. IT’S TIME FOR ANOTHER DEMANDING CHALLENGE FOR THE 2022 RS-GP, WHICH HAS PROVEN TO BE A WINNING BIKE.
WITH A MASTERFUL RACE, ALEIX ESPARGARÓ WINS AT TERMAS DE RIO HONDO AND MOVES INTO THE LEAD OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. MAVERICK VIÑALES, SEVENTH ACROSS THE LINE, TOPS OFF A HISTORIC DAY FOR THE MANUFACTURER FROM NOALE.
AND THE APRILIA RS 660 DOMINATES WITH JODY BARRY IN 2ND PLACE, TEAGG HOBBS 4TH, ANTHONY MAZZIOTTO 5TH, NOT TO MENTION BENJAMIN GLODDY 7TH AND REIGNING CHAMPION KALEB DE KEYREL 8TH.
AN ADVANCED RS-GP AND THREE TOP-LEVEL RIDERS: ALEIX ESPARGARÓ, MAVERICK VIÑALES, AND TEST RIDER LORENZO SAVADORI. ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR FIRST WORLD TITLE, APRILIA RACING IS FINALLY ON THE GRID AS A FACTORY TEAM. MASSIMO RIVOLA: "A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY BUT ALSO ADDED MOTIVATION". ROMANO ALBESIANO: "THE NEW RS-GP IS THE PROFOUND EVOLUTION OF AN ALREADY OUTSTANDING PROJECT".
ALEIX AND MAVERICK FAST STRAIGHT AWAY BUT IT’S THE FEELING THAT GIVES THEM MORE CONFIDENCE. AFTER SEPANG, THE SECOND AND FINAL PRE-SEASON TEST WILL BE INDONESIA.
CHARACTERISED BY REFINED AERODYNAMICS, THE RSV4 XTRENTA IS THE FIRST MOTORBIKE IN THE WORLD EQUIPPED WITH REAR AND UNDER WINGS. UNPRECEDENTED PERFORMANCE FOR MAXIMUM FUN ON TRACK: 230 HP FOR JUST 166 KG, RACING ELECTRONICS AND SUSPENSIONS, DEDICATED SC-PROJECT EXHAUST AND A REAL RACING BIKE SET-UP. BORN TO CELEBRATE 30 YEARS SINCE APRILIA'S FIRST WORLD TITLE, IT IS PRODUCED IN A LIMITED AND NUMBERED SERIES OF 100 UNITS.
THE MULTIPLE WORLD CHAMPION BEGAN AND ENDED HIS EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AS AN APRILIA RIDER. TOGETHER THEY WON 3 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GP MOTORCYCLE RACING AND 3 IN WSBK.