Aprilia

Aprilia would like to retain the services of Scott Redding in 2019, albeit as its MotoGP test rider, according to the factory's technical chief Romano Albesiano.

Eugene Laverty has hailed his first rostrum in over four years as a landmark moment for both him and Milwaukee Aprilia as he looks for a strong second half of the season push.

Two weeks on from stating he was “pissed off” at Suzuki’s decision to drop him from its MotoGP team, Andrea Iannone’s mood was much enhanced in Catalonia as he spoke of his belief in Aprilia’s MotoGP project, which he will join in 2019.

Andrea Iannone will move to Aprilia next season in MotoGP after it was confirmed he will be leaving Suzuki at the end of this year.

Eugene Laverty says his race two at Donington Park “was a disaster” with a scary technical problem with his Milwaukee Aprilia which caused his throttle to get stuck open.

As the 2019 MotoGP grid fills up, the competition for the remaining seats intensifies with Danilo Petrucci claiming on Thursday he is pondering an offer to leave Pramac Ducati and take over Scott Redding’s seat at Aprilia.

'I've got no desire to go back to MotoGP and have a year like last year…. My priority is to stay here, improve over this year, win some races and have a full go at [the Moto2 title] next year' - Sam Lowes.

Aprilia's new carbon fibre swingarm is due to make its debut 'in one of the next races', following a promising private test with the MotoGP team at Mugello.

Eugene Laverty and Leon Camier have both been passed fit to take part in the opening free practice at Imola and will be reviewed after the session before being allowed to contest the full race weekend.

Eugene Laverty is aiming to make an early comeback from injury next weekend at Imola for Milwaukee Aprilia as he hopes to pass a fitness test on the eve of the Italian round.

Aleix Espargaro scored his first points of the season with a tenth-place finish in Sunday's Austin MotoGP.

Aleix Espargaro has expressed his amazement at several decisions throughout the Grand Prix of Argentina, principally Race Direction’s decision to not show Marc Marquez a black flag despite a string of high-speed offences.

Scott Redding heads to this weekend's Austin MotoGP having scored Aprilia's first points of the season with a twelfth-place finish in Argentina. The result was something of a relief for the Englishman, who felt at odds with the RS-GP during the opening round in Qatar.

Scott Redding says he’s delighted to recapture his comfortable feeling with the Aprilia RS-GP bike during Friday practice at the Argentina MotoGP as he closed in on the top ten.

David Giugliano has been picked as Eugene Laverty’s replacement at Milwaukee Aprilia while he recovers from his nasty injury sustained in Thailand two weeks ago.

Brembo has released the following statement after Jorge Lorenzo's dramatic exit from the season-opening Qatar MotoGP, which saw the Spaniard

Having left the Qatar MotoGP season-opener empty-handed, scoring points will be the first priority for Aleix Espargaro and Scott Redding in Argentina this weekend.

This winter saw Honda join Ducati in fitting a carbon fibre swingarm to its MotoGP prototype, in place of the usual aluminium.

Eugene Laverty has been ruled out of action for two months and will miss the next three World Superbike rounds due to his injuries sustained in a nasty crash in Thailand during the second race.

Aprilia is set to try a carbon fibre swingarm on its RS-GP for the first time during private MotoGP testing at Jerez this week.

Eugene Laverty has sustained a broken pelvis in a horrific crash during race two of the Thailand World Superbike round after being hit accidently by MV Agusta’s Jordi Torres.

Full free practice two results for the second round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at the Chang International Circuit (Buriram), Thailand.   1. Eugene Laverty IRE Milwaukee Aprilia RSV4 1m 33.851s

The 2018 MotoGP season-opening Qatar Grand Prix was one filled with frustration for the Aprilia duo of Aleix Espargaro and Scott Redding.

Scott Redding starts his first season as a factory MotoGP rider, with Aprilia, aiming to put the RS-GP into the top six.