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ALEIX: "THE BREAK CAME AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME"
MAVERICK: "WE ARE FAST AND THERE IS STILL MARGIN"
After a regenerating summer break, MotoGP World Championship heads back to the track on the Silverstone asphalt. Based on the triangular shape of a military airport's three runways, the English circuit has made history in motoring competitions on both two and four wheels. Even with all the updates in recent years, it has not lost its characteristics: long, complex, and demanding, it requires full concentration of riders and mechanics to adapt to both the fast parts and the more handling-oriented ones.
For both the Aprilia riders, Silverstone holds unforgettable memories. Last year, Aleix took the Italian manufacturer’s first, historic podium in MotoGP at the end of a breathtaking duel, whereas in 2016, Maverick won his first race in the premier class right here in England.
Motivation is renewed this season, with Espargaró a serious contender for the championship title and Viñales fresh from a podium finish in Assen. Conditions that set up a second half of the season with the Aprilia RS-GP machines playing prominent roles.
ALEIX ESPARGARÓ
"This year more than ever, we really needed this break! The first part of the season was incredible, but the new situation we are experiencing has also demanded a lot of physical and mental energy. So we really needed to recharge our batteries, also because we have some tracks ahead of us where both the Aprilia and I have the chance to continue racking up important results. Starting with Silverstone, a circuit that I like and where I have always managed to be rather competitive."
MAVERICK VIÑALES
"Given the way we finished the first part of a season on an upward trend, I can’t wait to get back on the track. The enthusiasm after the Assen podium made this break seem like an eternity, but now I'm ready and stoked to get back in the saddle of my Aprilia. The results show that we are improving and my feeling with the bike is extremely good but I feel like I still have margin to improve. I want to keep working together with the team in order to be able to achieve our full potential. I'm sure that from here to Valencia we’ll have great fun."
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HOLIDAYS OVER, HERE COMES SILVERSTONE
This year’s summer break has been among the longest the MotoGP World Championship has ever witnessed. Five weeks of no racing activities allowed Team Gresini MotoGP to rest, recharge and resume their journey ahead of a demanding, second part of the season. On-track proceedings will resume at Silverstone, the first of nine venues left on the calendar.
The English track, one the longest and more challenging on the calendar, is among the favourites of both Gresini standard bearers Enea Bastianini and Fabio DI Giannantonio. The #23 even took a podium finish in his world championship debut (back in 2014, Moto3 class), while the #49 has always finished in the top ten in his four participations between Moto3 and Moto2 – with his best result so far being a fifth place scored last year.
PAST SUCCESSES: Gresini Racing has been on the UK podium at Donington Park on several occasions at the start of the new millennium, courtesy of the usual suspects Gibernau and Melandri. The best result achieved at Silverstone in the top class was the maiden podium by Aprilia Team Gresini by Aleix Espargaró last year.
ENEA BASTIANINI #23 (5th in the championship standings – 105 points)
“We’re finally back in action! The break has been very useful to reset and look back at the mistakes made in the first part of the season. I really like Silverstone and I really want to get a good result, so we can return to our best form. Our season has been a bit of a rollercoaster right now, so we want to be more consistent from now on.”
FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO #49 (20th in the championship standings – 18 points)
“Silvestone is a crazy good track. I like almost every circuit, but this one is simply fantastic. We return to action after a good break, which allowed us to recharge batteries between holiday, training and WDW (World Ducati Week). We’re surely ready: we hope to pick up from where we left off and continue to build on it for the whole second part of the season.”
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FROM 2023 MORE SPACE FOR TEAMS AND RIDERS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO GROW IN THE SADDLE OF A FORMATIVE, PERFOMANT BIKE WITH LOW RUNNING COSTS
After two years of growth and satisfaction, the Trofeo Aprilia 660 evolves to give even more space to the teams and riders who choose this formative formula to begin their path in the world of sport motorcycling.
The Aprilia RS 660, born as an easy and intuitive road bike, immediately showed incredible dynamic qualities and a propensity for track riding rooted in the very DNA of the Italian manufacturer's products. The torque-rich and usable twin-cylinder engine, a sincere and communicative chassis and a front end with the feeling of a real racing bike have made it, thanks to targeted modifications, a perfect formula in the transition from the minor categories to the higher displacement bikes. The constant on-track development conducted by BK Corse, the young test rider Tommaso Marcon and the expert Matteo Baiocco has brought the 660 Trofeo project to full maturity, an evolution that now allows the focus of preparation and management to be shifted directly to the teams and private riders who intend to engage in the Trofeo.
This is a necessary step in the growth process of the Trofeo 660 which, in parallel with the commitment in the Twins Cup category of MotoAmerica, confirms the value of both the Aprilia RS 660 and the management formula: performance worthy of much more expensive bikes and the ability to train young riders in the "modern" riding of top-level motorbike competition.
MASSIMO RIVOLA - APRILIA RACING CEO
"What we are announcing today is an important step in the evolution of the Trofeo Aprilia 660, which for us is not just a single-brand championship but a true concept. In which we believe and which we want to see grow, together with the riders and teams that participate in it. Entrusting the management of the bike and the race weekend directly to them means increasing, even more, the training value of this formula that we want to turn into a real 'School of Champions'.
We are doing this now, after two years of constant evolution, because we believe that from a technical point of view the Aprilia RS 660 has reached full maturity. This is thanks to the incredible work of our partner BK Corse, a structure whose competence and professionalism will remain an integral part of the Trofeo in its confirmed capacity as organiser. A road-derived bike that, in the hands of test rider Tommaso Marcon, manages to lap in 1'58 at Mugello is proof of which road to take for the future of the training categories. We are also thinking about this at international level, a continuation of the excellent work done with the Italian Federation in our two championships Aprilia 250 Sport Production and Trofeo 660".
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RIDING STYLE has decided to renew and line up on the Moto2 and MotoE grid alongside Gresini Racing once again. From 2021 in fact, the Indonesian company born in Bandung, West Java, is providing uniforms for the whole team and riders. 
RIDING STYLE is also the only official retailer of the team merchandise, including polo-shirts, t-shirts, sweaters, jackets, and hats of the Team FELO Gresini Racing MotoE and Team Gresini Racing Moto2 in 2022, which will see the E-riders Matteo Ferrari and Alessio Finello and the riders Alessandro Zaccone and Filip Salac lined up on the grid. The RIDING STYLE logo will be displayed on the team wear and on the box panels.
TEDY SURYADI - Director RIDING STYLE
"Partnering with Gresini Racing always presents challenges that make me and the Ridingstyle's team work hard to the highest limit to be able to present the best Indonesian-made products in order to meet the needs of racers, mechanics, management, partners and Gresini Racing VIP guests. Trust and technical guidance from Gresini Racing has always made the fighting spirit that made Us at this stage, of course it cannot be separated from the moral and material support from our loyal Ridingstyle consumers also, which we call Ridingstyle Squadra Corse. Thank you to Gresini Racing, Ridingstyle Squadra Corse and all MotoGP fans so that Ridingstyle is again trusted as Technical Supplier of Gresini Racing.”
CARLO MERLINI - Commercial & Marketing Director GRESINI RACING
“It is always a pleasure to announce the extension of the partnership with Riding Style. Tedy and Riding Style are not just partners but true members of the Gresini Family, growing up together through this adventure in the world championship. The quality of the products they supply to the team is definitively up to the world championship standards and it is amazing to see people in Indonesia wearing the Gresini Moto2 and MotoE Team’s team-wear.”
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There is an important signature behind the success of the Aprilia RS-GP, the true revelation of this first part of the MotoGP championship. It is SC-Project, a leading Italian company in the study, design and production of exhaust systems for motorbikes, both racing and for road use.
The collaboration between Aprilia Racing and SC-Project, which began in 2021, will continue for the next two seasons, in which the Cassinetta di Lugagnano-based company will be Official Technical Supplier of the Veneto-based racing department. This will involve equipping all Aprilia racing bikes, from the 250 Sport Production to the 660 Trofeo, as well as the special series made by the racing department.
The exhaust adopted by the latest evolution of the RS-GP is of the 4-into-2 type, completely in titanium and made in Italy. It also includes a throttle valve to manage the power delivery of the over 270 hp V4 engine. A true work of art, perfectly integrated into the refined aerodynamics of the Aprilia prototype.
Massimo Rivola - Aprilia Racing CEO
"A solid and ambitious project like ours needs partners who share our same values. The one with SC-Project is a natural bond: two great Italian companies, technological leaders in their segments, with a sporty and innovative DNA. This is why we are proud to announce the continuation of our relationship, a path of common growth that, I have no doubt, will lead Made in Italy to excel on tracks all over the world".
Romano Albesiano - Aprilia Racing Technical Director
"The exhaust system is a key element of our new V4 engine, which is proving to be one of the most competitive in MotoGP. This is also thanks to the technical synergy with SC-Project, a dynamic and competent company with whom we have established a profitable relationship. In a championship where it is the details that make the real difference, it is essential to be able to count on a supplier that has the technology and expertise to contribute to the development of our RS-GP project".
Stefano Lavazza - Marco De Rossi - Founders and Owners of SC-Project
"Our company has been present in the MotoGP Championship since 2009 and for us to enter into a strong technical collaboration with Aprilia Racing, an Italian brand of international importance and prestige, has enormous technical and professional value, not only for the 54 World titles won by the Noale-based manufacturer, but also for the excellence and Italianism that Aprilia represents in the motorcycling world. The synergy we have established with Aprilia Racing is of the highest level and represents the ultimate expression of motorbike technology in the premier category, MotoGP. Developing and building the best technological and high-performance exhaust systems for the RS-GP is an ambitious and very important project for SC-Project, an all-Italian combination!".
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