It is no secret that Aprilia has been racing a modified superbike in MotoGP up to this point. It lastly has developed a complete factory prototype to race this year, the RS-GP, which it has debuted nowadays at the Losail circuit as final pre-series testing gets underway. The following is a press release from Aprilia with a video (at the really bottom of this write-up) discussing the improvement of this critical machine. It will be interesting to see how far riders Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl can get this year aboard the full factory prototype. Right here is the press release, followed by the video:
Roberto Colaninno: “Aprilia Racing is the most sophisticated technological experimentation and improvement platform for the complete Piaggio Group and all of our items and brands advantage from it”
Romano Albesiano: “The new bike reflects current Aprilia Racing tradition, reinterpreting every concept with no compromise, and it is the most ambitious project our racing division has ever undertaken”
Doha (Qatar), 2 March 2016 – The new 2016 Aprilia RS-GP débuts at Losail. From 2 to four March the Italian V4 will be on the track for the 1st time in an official occasion, the final IRTA tests before the start off of the 2016 Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing season.
This will kick off the 2016 MotoGP season for Aprilia Racing. For the Italian team this is a fundamental step in the project that started in 2015, because the new Aprilia RS-GP is not an evolution of the previous model but an entirely redesigned prototype based on the expertise gained in the course of the season final year, characterised by experimentation and data acquisition. The new bike is currently a milestone in the young and victorious Aprilia racing history: in truth, it is the very first true MotoGP bike, entirely made, created and constructed by Aprilia in its each and every component, beginning with the engine, a unit characterised by its exclusive narrow V4 architecture, the exact same 1 that distinguishes the whole supersport line from Noale.
Roberto Colaninno, CEO and Managing Director of the Piaggio Group, had this to say about the new challenge: “From a Group strategy point of view, Aprilia Racing is not just the Aprilia racing team: it is the most sophisticated technological experimentation and improvement platform for the complete Piaggio Group from which all of our goods and brands advantage. For this cause, from this 2016 season the Piaggio Group logo stands out prominently on the bikes’ livery. In reality, the technology created for racing operations is not intended only for racing, but it also serves the purpose of testing innovative solutions that will then be applied to road-legal goods, from supersport bikes all the way to scooters, with the finish goal of enhancing our items in terms of functionality, security and the ability to supply our consumers with riding pleasure and fun”.
“On the competition level, how can I not remind you of the important outcomes we’ve accomplished so far?” continued Roberto Colaninno. “With our personal motorcycle brands, the Group has won 32 out of the 104 world championships ever won in its history in just twelve years. An wonderful 28 of these titles had been won in one decade by Aprilia, even with riders of the calibre of Max Biaggi and Jorge Lorenzo. The other folks went to the Gilera brands – with the by no means-forgotten Marco Simoncelli – and to Derbi, which, among other things, christened an extraordinary champion like Marc Marquez. I would like to wish Albesiano and his team, the riders Bautista and Bradl, and the whole Aprilia Racing staff all the ideal and a season that will give them and all of the Piaggio Group reasons to be happy.”
With 104 Globe Championships in its collection (54 Aprilia, 15 Moto Guzzi, 21 Derbi, 14 Gilera) the Piaggio Group is the most victorious motorcycle group of all times.
Aprilia, born into racing, is the accurate sports common-bearer for the Piaggio Group.
With 294 Grand Prix races won in Planet Championship GP Motorcycle Racing, Aprilia holds the record for the most wins of any European manufacturer in the history of top motorcycle competitors. These race wins are joined by 54 world titles: 38 in the Planet Motorcycle Championship (20 in the 125 class and 18 in the 250 class), 7 in Superbike (double Rider/Manufacturer title in 2010, 2012 and 2014, Manufacturer in 2013) and 9 in the Off Road disciplines (7 in Supermoto and two in Trial). The Aprilia trophy case also includes last year’s victory in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup with the RSV4 RF ridden on the track by Savadori.
Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl produced a fundamental contribution to the development of the new project as they performed the 2015 “laboratory-season” on the track. Alvaro and Stefan had the likelihood to familiarise themselves with the 2016 RS-GP in the course of the preceding private tests on the Losail circuit, right away recognising its excellent prospective. The brand new technical package, which is joined by the new tyre supplier and the controlled electronics package, requires an obvious fine-tuning phase ahead of we can arrive at a good level, but the feelings we got in the course of the first two tests make us solidly optimistic about the new season.
“The upcoming season will be a extremely important a single for us”, mentioned Aprilia Racing Manager, Romano Albesiano. “The new bike reflects recent Aprilia Racing tradition, reinterpreting each and every idea without compromise, and it is the most ambitious project our racing department has ever undertaken. The first responses from testing have been optimistic. We received quite positive feedback from each riders especially from a dynamics point of view. In any case, this is the beginning of a extended path and we are well aware of the inevitable troubles that come along with any new project.”
Albesiano had this to say about the riders, Bautista and Bradl, each confirmed for the 2016 season: “We can count on the contribution of an expert team and two extremely motivated riders like Alvaro and Stefan, who instantly realised the value of our improvement strategy and the fantastic efforts place forth by the racing division. I believe that, right after the initial fine-tuning phase, we’ll be in a position to set our sights on respectable benefits.”
For Bautista (riding the quantity 19 bike) this is his second complete year astride the prototypes from Noale. “This season will be a new challenge, my second year with Aprilia”, mentioned Alvaro. We’ll be able to rely on our knowledge from 2015. We aren’t starting from zero, but in any case we’ll have to develop a fully new bike. I believe that Aprilia has really clear ideas about what they can expect this season. In any case, it will be a massive challenge simply because we’ll have to operate tough on race weekends because we have carried out quite tiny testing. We’ll need to have to be great at streamlining issues. To be honest, it would be nice to be competitive about the mid-season mark. It is hard to predict now simply because there are so numerous items that need to have to be sorted, but I’m confident because throughout the winter break Aprilia did a fantastic job with the data gathered in 2015. I’m pumped up and I want to have a great season, obtaining back into the battle for prime positions, but I am under no illusions. With patience, hard function and sacrifice we can do it.”
Stefan Bradl, riding the number 6 bike, echoed the sentiment: “The 1st contact with the new bike was definitely optimistic, despite the reality that it is still as well early to take a position. The Aprilia Racing techs did a fantastic job in the appropriate path. Now our job will be to explore the prospective of the RS-GP lap following lap. We actually have a lot on our plate, but we also have a wide margin for improvement. Along with the new bike, we also have the new electronics and tyres, elements that we had already begun functioning on but that still require a lot of improvement. We won’t be bored, that significantly is specific. For the 1st time in my profession I’m operating on an official team with the job of creating a new project. I consider that this is the greatest situation possible for a rider who desires to set his sights on staying out front.”
2016 will be Gresini Racing’s twentieth Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing season: a history that contains two planet titles (with Daijiro Kato in 250 in 2001 and Toni Elias in Moto2 in 2010), 42 wins in GP and MotoGP runner-up World Champion titles in 3 consecutive seasons, from 2003 to 2005. “In current months, Aprilia Racing employees at Noale and every person on the Gresini Racing group have place forth an extraordinary work on the technical and organisational front”, stated Group Manager, Fausto Gresini. “We by no means stopped. We have a excellent wish to demonstrate our full potential and we are extremely motivated as we method the first Grand Prix. The Aprilia Racing technicians have taken advantage of the expertise gained final year and all their valuable know-how to develop a prototype prepared to battle in a MotoGP season that promises to be even a lot more heated and thrilling.”
APRILIA RACING RS-GP 2016
Engine
Aprilia Racing V4 “narrow”, 81mm bore, counter rotating crankshaft, pneumatic valves distribution
Power
>250 CV
Electronics
Magneti Marelli ECU, Dorna software program
Gearbox
Aprilia Racing upshift and downshift seamless, 6 speed cassette
Lubrication
Dry sump
Chassis
Aprilia Racing alluminium
Swingarm
Aprilia Racing alluminium
Suspensions
Ohlins
Brakes
Brembo, double front carbon disk 320-340 mm, single rear steel disk 255 mm
Tyres
Michelin
Aprilia Debuts New RS-GP MotoGP Bike at Losail (Press Release and Video) (News)
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