Aprilia

Aleix Espargaro thinks he and Andrea Dovizioso would make a 'great team' for the 2021 MotoGP season, insists Aprilia needs only 'evolution' to feature at front

Maverick Vinales sets a new lap record - and sets off his airbag - en route to claiming San Marino MotoGP pole position at Misano, leading a Yamaha 1-2-3-4

Valentino Rossi gives the limited number of fans at Misano reason to cheer as he tops the timesheets in an incident-filled FP3, as Yamaha and Ducati impress and KTM flounder

When Maverick Vinales shot to the top of opening free practice for the Misano MotoGP with a late lap on the hard rear tyre, rival teams had no choice but to react, Aprilia Bradley Smith explained.

Aleix Espargaro hints at Aprilia's potential performance around Misano after setting a top ten Friday time on a 16-lap old rear tyre

Maverick Vinales sets an impressive early benchmark at Misano for the 2020 San Marino MotoGP, more than half a second quicker than Fabio Quartararo

Continued uncertainty over Andrea Iannone's appeal against his doping ban, also means Bradley Smith has no idea when his MotoGP season will end.

Will prior MotoGP testing knowledge at the resurfaced Misano circuit allow Aprilia to finally show the potential they believe exists within the 2020 RS-GP?

The spectacular Portimao circuit, which will make its MotoGP debut as the revised 2020 season finale in November, is one of the hardest circuits to learn.

Starting just 20th on the initial grid, Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro gained places during both races starts on his way to twelfth place in Sunday's Styrian MotoGP.

If Aleix Espargaro has his way, Aprilia will be doing all they can to get Andrea Dovizioso on an RS-GP in 2021.

KTM's debut MotoGP win last time at Brno leaves Aprilia as the only manufacturer on the current grid not to have tasted victory with its present machine.

Aleix Espargaro says track conditions at Brno on Friday were 'not at the level of a MotoGP circuit'

MotoGP title leader Fabio Quartararo experiments with operating the Yamaha ride-height system on corner exit during Friday practice at Brno, Danilo Petrucci uses the proven Ducati system "three times per lap".

Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro will press the reset button after the double DNF disappointment at Jerez and aim for his first MotoGP points of the season at Brno this weekend.

Aleix Espargaro's high hopes for the new 2020 Aprilia turned to bitter disappointment as he crashed out of both season-opening races at Jerez.

Aleix Espargaro's high hopes for the new Aprilia RS-GP were sorely dashed during the Spanish MotoGP season-opener, but he now gets a 'second chance' to fight for a 'top 6-top 8' on the same Jerez circuit this weekend.

The fallout from Pol Espargaro's move to the Repsol Honda team next season will see Alex Marquez switch to LCR Honda, at the expense of Cal Crutchlow.

Cal Crutchlow admits he would be interested in a move to Aprilia next season as he anticipates his time at Honda to be coming to an end

In this week's MotoGP Gossip, could Aprilia provide a lifeline for Cal Crutchlow if he is bumped out of his Honda ride and will Andrea Dovizioso call Ducati's bluff by taking a year out rather than sign a bad deal?

Bradley Smith, replacing the suspended Andrea Iannone at Aprilia for at least the early rounds of the 2020 MotoGP season, continued his transition from test to race rider at this week's Misano test.

After a four-month break, Aleix Espargaro was reacquainted with the 'totally new' Aprilia RS-GP during this week's private test at Misano.

The third and final day of private MotoGP testing at Misano this week saw Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro match the fastest lap of the week.

Tech3 KTM's Miguel Oliveira set the fastest lap time during the second day of private MotoGP testing at Misano.