The final MotoGP factory squad, Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, unveiled their latest 2020 Aprilia RS-GP with the latest livery (same, same but different compared to last season’s) but with a slight difference to other teams; their official photoshoot includes Aprilia’s official test rider, Bradley Smith. (more…)
Bradley Smith bakal mengisi slot Andrea Iannone di Aprilia sekiranya pelumba Itali itu digantung susulan gagal ujian doping baru-baru ini.
Iannone didapati gagal ujian doping yang dijalankan terhadapnya ketika di GP Malaysia, tahun lalu.
Dia bakal berdepan penggantungan sehingga 4 tahun sekiranya didapati bersalah jika ujian sampel B turut menampakkan keputusan sama.
Oleh itu, Smith dikhabarkan bakal menjadi pelumba pengganti sekiranya perkara itu berlaku.
Sementara itu, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) Aprilia, Massimo Rivola menjelaskan pasukannya akan tetap menyokong para pelumbanya namun akan mengikuti setiap prosedur dengan FIM sebelum membuat sebarang keputusan mengenai pelumba berusia 30 tahun itu.
Menurut Rivola, sekiranya FIM membuat keputusan menggantung Iannone, Smith akan mengambil tempat pelumba terbabit di samping Aleix Espargaro bagi sesi ‘Winter Test’ di Litar Antarabangsa Sepang, Februari ini.
(SUMBER: Crash.net)
Andrea Iannone yakin mampu menterbalikkan keputusan FIM untuk menggantungnya susulan gagal ujian doping.
FIM dalam satu kenyataan semalam membuat keputusan menggantung Iannone susulan ujian doping Agensi Anti Doping Dunia (WADA) yang dijalankan terhadapnya ketika di GP Malaysia, November lalu didapati positif penggunaan bahan terlarang jenis steroid.
Bagaimanapun, pelumba berusia 30 tahun itu masih boleh memfailkan ujian sampel B.
Sementara itu, Iannone menjelaskan di laman sosial Instagram miliknya bahawa dia tidak terkesan dengan penggantungan tersebut.
“Saya terkejut dengan berita ini tetapi buat masa ini saya masih belum menerika sebarang maklumat rasmi.
“Sepanjang tahun ini saya telah menjalani pelbagai ujian dan semuanya negatif jadi untuk kali ini juga saya yakin penamat yang positif,” jelasnya.
Jika didapati bersalah, Iannone bakal berdepan penggantungan maksimum selama 4 tahun.
Aprilia Racing will have a new CEO following the migration of Ferrari F1 sporting director Massimo Rivola.
Incumbent Racing Manager Romano Albesiano will focus on the technical side of the RS-GP MotoGP racer. Hence, his official role will change to Technical Director.
Speaking to Crash.net, Albesiano said, “Personally, I would like to have more possibility to focus on the technical side,” Albesiano said at Valencia, when asked about more management support. “In our company I’m doing these two roles and for sure it is something that we have to fix for the future.”
The appointment of Rivola shows Aprilia’s commitment to MotoGP racing.
Rivola spent 21 years in Formula One. He started with Minardi/Toro Rosso where he spent twelve years, before joining Ferrari in 2009. That makes him the longest-serving sporting director in the Italian team.
He also headed the Ferrari Driver Academy for the last three years.
Aprilia Racing signed Andrea Iannone and retains Aleix Espargaro, in addition to Bradley Smith as test rider for the 2019. They have also signed two new crew chiefs Antonio Jimenez and Fabrizio Cecchini.
The Noale-based team were agonizingly close to sealing fourth place in the 2018 Teams’ Championship but was beaten to it by KTM in the final round.
Aprilia baru sahaja melancarkan jentera yang akan bertanding dalam kejuaraan MotoGP 2017. Aprilia bersama dua pelumba terbaru bagi musim tahun ini adalah Sam Lowes dari United Kingdom dan Aleix Espargaro dari Sepanyol.
Sejak penyertaan semula pengeluar motorsikal berkuasa tinggi dalam MotoGP, mereka telah banyak mengharungi pelbagai cabaran dan kesukaran untuk bertanding bersama motor-motor yang laju terutama dari Honda dan Yamaha. Tahun ini, mereka akan mencuba sekali lagi untuk berada di tapak hadapan dengan jentera dan pelumba baru. (more…)
Aprilia has pulled the covers off their MotoGP contender bike together with their brand new riders for 2017, Sam Lowes and Aleix Espargaro. Although Aprilia has been in the championship for a couple of years now, they’re looking into bringing the fight over to the other factory teams who have been dominating the top of the timesheets in previous years. (more…)
A festive night out welcoming the Aprilia Racing Team prior to this weekend’s Malaysian leg of the WSBK Championship. (more…)
If you spent the last weekend watching WSBk’s season-opening round in Philip Island, Australia, then you would have noticed that the Aprilia Racing team are sporting a new set of liveries. (more…)
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