Following completing a rather low-essential inaugural MotoGP season final year, Aprilia is back for 2016 with a entirely new prototype. Alvaro Bautista returns for a second season with Aprilia, along with by Stefan Bradl who joined the team midway by way of the 2015 season, replacing Marco Melandri.
The two returning riders split 3 10th-spot finishes riding the 2015 Aprilia RS-GP but otherwise struggled to finish within the top 15 most of the year. For some manufacturers, these final results are disappointing bu Aprilia produced it clear early on that the focus of the very first season was a lot more on development than competitiveness (Aprilia calls 2015 its “laboratory season”). The information collected by way of the year led to the development of an all-new RS-GP for 2016.
Apart from the name, the 2016 RS-GP shares little with its predecessor which was an evolution of the earlier CRT machines Aprilia sold to race teams. The engine remains a V4, like Aprilia’s RSV4 superbikes, but the RS-GP sports pneumatic valves and a counter-rotating crankshaft although claiming a maximum energy output in excess of 250 hp.
The new RS-GP is critical for the business, sufficient so that it will serve not just as the flagbearer for Aprilia but for the whole Piaggio Group, whose logo holds the prime spot on the body panels of the livery.
“From a Group approach point of view, Aprilia Racing is not just the Aprilia racing team: it is the most sophisticated technological experimentation and development platform for the entire Piaggio Group from which all of our goods and brands benefit,” says Roberto Colaninno, chief executive workplace and managing director for the Piaggio Group. “For this explanation, from this 2016 season the Piaggio Group logo stands out prominently on the bikes’ livery. In truth, the technology developed for racing operations is not intended only for racing, but it also serves the objective of testing revolutionary solutions that will then be applied to road-legal products, from supersport bikes all the way to scooters, with the end goal of improving our products in terms of functionality, security and the capability to provide our clients with riding pleasure and exciting.”
Aprilia’s expectations for this season remain tempered yes, it is year two for the group but a brand new motorcycle will nonetheless demand a lot of development. Aprilia expects a bit of a fine-tuning phase but the group hopes to start getting competitive as the season progresses.
“We aren’t beginning from zero, but in any case we’ll have to create a entirely new bike. I consider that Aprilia has extremely clear suggestions about what they can anticipate this season,” says Bautista. “To be honest, it would be nice to be competitive about the mid-season mark. It is hard to predict now due to the fact there are so many items that require to be sorted, but I’m confident due to the fact in the course of the winter break Aprilia did a fantastic job with the information gathered in 2015. I’m pumped up and I want to have a excellent season, receiving back into the battle for best positions, but I am beneath no illusions. With patience, tough work and sacrifice we can do it.”
Aprilia Presents 2016 MotoGP Group
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