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Aprilia: Adapting to all new line-up in MotoGP 2025 the only "question mark" for us

Aprilia says adapting to an all-new MotoGP rider line-up remains the only “question mark” for the marque as it prepares to welcome Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi from Ducati in 2025.

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Aprilia signs Bezzecchi to partner Martin for 2025 MotoGP season

Aprilia has signed VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi on a multi-year contract to partner Jorge Martin at its factory MotoGP team from 2025.

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Tech3 “will have two number ones” in Vinales, Bastianini in MotoGP 2025

Tech3 KTM team boss Herve Poncharal says fielding Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini will see him have “two number ones” for the 2025 MotoGP season.

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Tech3 "will have two number ones" in Vinales, Bastianini in MotoGP 2025

Tech3 KTM team boss Herve Poncharal says fielding Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini will see him have "two number ones" for the 2025 MotoGP season.

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Espargaro: Downforce in MotoGP “too much for the human body”

The Aprilia rider finished a distant 11th in the Italian GP at the start of June in an overall difficult race for those on RS-GPs, with Maverick Vinales the best of them in eighth.

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Vinales set for KTM MotoGP switch

The Spaniard will bring the curtain down to his three-year stint with Aprilia, which has so far yielded one grand prix victory in Austin this year and a total of seven podium finishes. He will join the structure currently managed in tandem by Tech3 and KTM’s parent company Pierer Mobility…

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Maverick Vinales set for KTM MotoGP switch

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Martin didn't make Aprilia MotoGP decision "out of anger”, says Rivola

On Monday evening, it was announced that Martin will leave the Ducati fold after four seasons and move to Aprilia in 2025, replacing the retiring Aleix Espargaro on a multi-year deal.

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How 24 hours changed the trajectory of Jorge Martin’s MotoGP career

On 30 May, ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, it looked certain that the eventuality everyone was anticipating for 2025 was coming to pass.

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MotoGP Italian GP: Bagnaia fastest in second practice but picks up a penalty

Bagnaia dominated the hour-long afternoon session with a 1m44.938s, but after an investigation by the FIM stewards for blocking Alex Marquez on a flying lap, he has been given a three-place grid penalty.

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MotoGP Italian GP: Bagnaia fastest in second practice, Rins second

Bagnaia dominated the hour-long afternoon session with a 1m44.938s, but is currently under investigation from the FIM stewards for potentially blocking Alex Marquez on a flying lap late on.

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The MotoGP candidates who could replace retiring Aleix Espargaro

Thanks to Espargaro’s efforts since 2017, the RS-GP has become one of the grid’s best packages, with the Spaniard having won three times on it since 2022 and Maverick Vinales taking victory at the Americas Grand Prix in April.

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How Espargaro “silenced many mouths” during his underdog MotoGP career

Whenever an ‘exceptional press conference’ is quickly ushered into the MotoGP weekend schedule for a single rider, it usually means only one thing: retirement.

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Three-time MotoGP winner Aleix Espargaro announces retirement

The 34-year-old Spaniard made the announcement on Thursday afternoon ahead of his home Catalan Grand Prix at Barcelona, where he won both the Saturday and Sunday races last year.

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Vinales: Aprilia must “be smart” to avoid Barcelona MotoGP expectations after 2023

The sixth round of the 2024 campaign takes place this weekend at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and is expected to be a strong hunting ground for Aprilia.

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MotoGP French GP: Martin beats Marquez and Bagnaia in nailbiter

Having dominated the sprint race on Saturday, Martin converted pole to a second grand prix victory of the 2024 season to open up a lead of 38 points in the championship.

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MotoGP French GP: Martin smashes lap record for pole in crash-strewn qualifying

With Enea Bastianini setting a new lap record to get through Q1, the tone was set for the first sub 1m30s lap of the Le Mans circuit.

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MotoGP's Riders Are Split Over the New Rules, Too

After MotoGP's organizers launched the new 2027 rules, and the public had it thoughts known, now the race's drivers are getting in on commenting on the new rules.

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2024 MotoGP world championship standings after the Spanish GP

The Pramac Racing rider lost the front end of his bike under braking for Turn 6 causing him to retire from the race lead, handing victory to Francesco Bagnaia.

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Aprilia discovers real issue at root of Vinales' Jerez MotoGP struggles

A fortnight on from his maiden victory with Aprilia in the Americas GP, Vinales could muster only a ninth-place finish at Jerez, over 11s off race winner Francesco Bagnaia on the factory Ducati. He and Aprilia team-mate Aleix Espargaro were also the slowest of the Q2 runners in qualifying, ending…

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MotoGP Spanish GP: Martin wins demolition derby sprint from Acosta

Martin leaped into the lead on the opening lap but was quickly reeled in and passed by poleman Marquez, who looked on course for a first Gresini Ducati win.

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MotoGP Spanish GP: Martin wins mad, crash-filled sprint race from Acosta

Martin leapt into the lead on the opening lap but was quickly reeled in and passed by poleman Marquez, who looked on course for a first Gresini Ducati win.

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MotoGP Spanish GP: Marc Marquez grabs first Ducati pole in damp qualifying

Having taken a first front row since his switch to Gresini Ducati last time out at the Americas GP, former Honda rider Marquez went one better in front of his home crowd at Jerez on Saturday morning.

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MotoGP Spanish GP: Alex Marquez leads Gresini 1-2 in FP1

Two weeks on from a double disaster for Gresini Ducati at the Americas GP when both Alex and Marc Marquez suffered crashes, the brothers led the 45-minute FP1 at Jerez on Friday morning.

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Could Acosta get a Verstappen-like mid-season promotion to KTM in MotoGP 2024?

The 2016 F1 season had started with Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo driving for the main Red Bull team, with Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, both directly contracted to the energy drinks giant, occupying the two seats at Toro Rosso. But ahead of the fifth round of the season in…

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