Aprilia’s 2018 MotoGP team, comprised of Aleix Espargaró and Scott Redding, is looking good and ready for the season’s start in Qatar at the Losail International Circuit.
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Aprilia’s proudly all-Italian challenge in the MotoGP? World Championship is ready to go in 2018. The work done by the Noale Racing Department during the 2017 season came together to show consistent growth of the RS-GP project which, once again characterised by the Italian livery designed by Aldo Drudi, has been revamped and advanced in every area for the 2018 season.
The final part of the season was a turning point for Aprilia. The sixth place earned by Aleix Espargaró at Aragón with a gap of less than six seconds behind the winner, followed immediately by excellent performance in Japan (fourth in qualifying) and Australia (best time at the end of the first day of practice) highlighted clear progress, then halted by the unfortunate injury Espargaró suffered as he was battling in the lead group during the Phillip Island GP.
For the 2018 season, Aprilia is keen to pick up from there with a bike that maintains the same construction philosophy as its forerunner, but refined and advanced in every aspect. And Espargaro is now joined in the team by Scott Redding, the youngest ever GP winner, who will race alongside the Spaniard in the premier class.
?Last year we rode some very good races and only a few mistakes compromised our final position in the standings,? says Esparga...