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Apr142024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Vinales also remained unbeaten in the main race of the Grand Prix of the Americas

Maverick Vinales fell to eleventh place at the start of the race, but after a little more than half of the laps he was back in the lead and thus, after winning the qualifying and sprint races, he also celebrated the victory in Sunday's race for the Grand Prix of the Americas, where we saw quite a few changes in the lead, where Pedro Acosta and Marc Marquez found themselves for a moment, who crashed and retired while leading the race. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1779596989686071319 Acosta will have to wait for his first victory and this time he had to settle for second place, while Enea Bastianini made his way to the last place on the podium with two laps to go, overtaking Jorge Martin. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1779592179997946113 Francesco Bagnaia's racing weekend for

Apr142024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

In the warm-up, Vinales is once again the fastest, with Marquez the closest

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Maverick Vinales, after winning the best starting position for the Grand Prix of the Americas and winning Saturday's MotoGP sprint race, also set the fastest warm-up time before the main race. Once again, compatriot Marc Marquez on Ducati came closest to him, while Raul Fernandez achieved an excellent third time. Jorge Martin was fourth and Alex Marquez fifth, while Pedro Acosta finished the race preparations in sixth place. The seventh and eighth times were set by KTM factory team racers Brad Binder and Jack Miller, and we also saw Franco Morbidelli and Aleix Espargaro in the top ten. Enea Bastianini was behind Vinales' time by 0.999 seconds, while current world champion Pecco Bagnaia was only fifteenth.

Apr122024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

"Top Gun" the fastest in the first training session in Austin

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Maverick Vinales was fastest in the first MotoGP free practice session in Austin. The Aprilia Spaniard was 0.149s faster than Jorge Martin and 0.312s faster than Pedro Acosta, who continues to impress with his performances in his first season in motorcycling's toughest championship. Enea Bastianioni was fourth, ahead of Marco Bezzecchi, Brad Binder, Franco Morbidelli, Marco Marquez, Jack Miller and Fabio di Giannantonio. Current champion Francesco Bagnaia starts the race weekend in eleventh place and 0.948 seconds behind the fastest time. The second free practice session, which will allow ten racers to qualify for the Q2 part of the qualification, starts today at 22 pm our time.

Mar302024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Rivola: Aprilia needs to improve the motorcycle if it wants to be competitive in the racing market

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Aprilia General Manager Massimo Rivola is convinced that the team still needs to improve their motorcycle if they want to have more power in the racing market for the coming season. Aprilia has made great progress in recent years after, with the help of concessions, they managed to break into the best teams in the MotoGP class from the start. Because of this, many racers whose contracts expire at the end of this season will want to sit on their motorcycles in the future. Fabio Quartararo is one of the racers most often linked by the media with a move to Aprilia. The world champion of the season admitted in a recent interview that he is in talks with various teams. At Aprilia, however, they are of the opinion that they need to further improve their motorcycle if they want to secure barrels

Mar252024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Vinales explained the reason for the fall at the end of the race

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Maverick Vinales confirmed that his crash at the first turn of the final lap was due to gearbox problems. These should appear already in the sixth round. After winning Saturday's sprint race, the Aprilia rider was considered one of the main favorites to repeat this achievement in Sunday's main race. He confirmed this already in the opening section, when together with Jorge Martin and Eneo Bastianini, he gained a nice advantage over his pursuers. But from the sixth lap onwards, the Spaniard had plenty of trouble shifting between fifth and sixth gear. While accelerating at the end of the penultimate lap, his motorcycle shifted into neutral instead of sixth gear. This was also the reason why he suddenly slowed down while in second place. When accelerating out of the first turn, the motorcycle is suddenly over

Mar112024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Espargaro: Before the race I was sure I was going to win

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Aleix Espargaro had very high expectations before the first race of the season, but in the end it turned into the first nightmare. After his excellent rhythm at the end of Saturday's sprint race, many placed the Spanish racer in the narrowest circle of favorites to win Sunday's race. But his dream of victory was dashed already in the first lap, when he slipped from second to ninth after the start. He was unable to catch the lead group in any way. He crossed the finish line in eighth place, just three tenths of a second ahead of rookie Acosta. A disappointed Espargaro cited a lack of tire grip as the main reason for the poor performance. "I had problems with the rear tire. Already in the warm-up, it didn't give me any grip." "On Saturday night I was sure that I would win on Sunday. But then the race turned into a

Feb82024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Davide Brivio back in MotoGP as Team boss of Trackhouse Aprilia

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Former Suzuki MotoGP team boss Davide Brivio returns to the MotoGP paddock as Team Leader for Trackhouse Aprilia. Brivio led Suzuki and Joan Mir to the MotoGP world title in 2020, before the team bid farewell to the championship, Mir moved to Honda and Brivio left for Formula 1, joining the Alpine F1 team. The new boss of the Aprilia semi-factory team will start work immediately, and in the garage of the Trackhouse team he will join forces with Wilco Zeelenberg, with whom he worked at Yamaha. "Things have been moving really fast in the last few days. Justin Marks (team owner) asked me if I could help the team with a new challenge. I'm really looking forward to him being a part of this project from the very beginning. I can't wait to get to know the team better and help them with my knowledge

Dec12023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Rivola is satisfied with the system of concessions, but warns of rising costs

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The new concessions system immediately after its introduction sparked many discussions within the racing paddock. At Ducati, for example, they agreed that it is necessary to offer certain benefits to the Japanese manufacturers Honda and Yamaha. On the other hand, they criticized the help to KTM and Aprilia. The new system of concessions was greeted with satisfaction by those present, but the general manager of the Aprilia team, Massimo Rivola, warned of the increase in costs that it brings. "With such a system, Dorna wants to ensure as equal a competition as possible. Basically, it is well designed, but I am not completely satisfied myself. More additional tests, wildcard performances, used tires mean an increase in costs." Aprilia is currently in the new concession system, as is KTM in the C range, which means that im

Nov272023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Trackhouse Racing next season instead of RNF

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In the morning it became clear that Dorna will not allow the RNF Racing team to compete in the MotoGP class next season. Their place and the role of the Aprilia satellite team should now be taken over by the Trackhouse Racing team. It is an American team that competes in Nascar from 2021 and whose owners are Justin Marks and Armando Christian Perez (better known to the public as Pitbull). The team's investors want to expand their influence beyond the borders of North America, and the MotoGP class should represent an ideal opportunity for this. The official confirmation of the cooperation should be known in the coming days, and Aprilia is said to be very satisfied with their project. In addition, the cooperation between the two teams is said to be much closer than between Aprilia and RNF. On a technical level, it should be similar to you

Nov272023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

The RNF team says goodbye to the MotoGP class

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The RNF team, which performed as a satellite team of Aprilia this season, did not receive permission to compete in the next season of the MotoGP class. In a statement, they wrote: "The FIM, IRTA and Dorna will not renew the contract with the CryptoDATA RNF team." "The decision was taken based on repeated violations of the cooperation agreement, which directly affected the public image of the MotoGP class." "The committee will consider all applications for a new satellite team that will compete with Aprilia motorcycles in the 2024 season."