Aprilia Racing

Aprilia Racing

2024 name	Aprilia Racing
Base	Scorzè, Italy
Principal	Massimo Rivola
Racing manager	Paolo Bonora
Rider(s)	MotoGP: 12. Maverick Viñales 41. Aleix Espargaró 32. Lorenzo Savadori (test rider)
Motorcycle	Aprilia RS-GP
Tyres	Michelin
Constructors' Championships	See Below
Riders' Championships	See Below

Aprilia Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship.

History

Grand Prix World Championship

Aprilia rejoined the MotoGP class in 2012, taking advantage of the newly introduced Claiming Rule Team category that encouraged independent teams with lower budgets to use bikes from manufacturers not officially involved in MotoGP. Aprilia supplied RSV4 SBK-derived bikes under the ART (Aprilia Racing Technology) name to Aspar Team, Paul Bird Motorsport and Speed Master teams. In both the 2012 and 2013 seasons Aprilia's ART machinery stood out as the best CRT bikes.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Aprilia partnered with Gresini Racing as a factory-supported independent team. The team competed as the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini with an all-new 1000cc V4-engined RS-GP.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022, Aprilia entered the series as an official factory team for the first time since 2004.^[1] Their previously supported Gresini Racing team returned to a fully-independent team using Ducati bikes. Aprilia's factory team is named Aprilia Racing.

Riders' championships

Year	Class	Champion	Motorcycle
1992	125cc	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia RS125R
1994	125cc	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia RS125R
	250cc	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV 250
1995	250cc	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV 250
1996	250cc	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV 250
1997	125cc	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia RS125R
1998	125cc	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia RS125R
	250cc	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia RSV 250
1999	250cc	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia RSW 250
2000	125cc	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia RS125R
2002	125cc	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia RS125R
	250cc	Marco Melandri	Aprilia RSV 250
2003	250cc	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia RSV 250
2006	125cc	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia RS125R
	250cc	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia RSW 250
2007	125cc	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia RS125R
	250cc	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia RSA 250
2009	125cc	Julián Simón	Aprilia RSA 125
2011	125cc	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia RSA 125

Manufacturers' championships

• 250cc class
  • 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• 125cc class
  • 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011

MotoGP results

By rider

Year	Class	Team name	Bike	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points	Pos.
2022	MotoGP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia RS-GP	Maverick Vinales	20	0	3	0	0	122	11th
				Aleix Espargaró	20	1	6	2	2	212	4th
2023	MotoGP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia RS-GP	Maverick Viñales	20	0	3	1	1	204	7th
				Aleix Espargaró	20	2	3	1	2	206	6th
				Lorenzo Savadori	3	0	0	0	0	9(12)	24th
2024	MotoGP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia RS-GP	Maverick Viñales	19	1	1	1	1	189*	7th*
				Aleix Espargaró	17	0	0	2	0	146*	11th*
				Lorenzo Savadori	3	0	0	0	0	0*	28th*

By season

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Motorcycle	Tyres	No.	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Points	RC	Points	TC	Points	MC
2022	Aprilia RS-GP	M			QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL
			41	Aleix Espargaró	4	9	1	11	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	9	6	6	3	16	11	9	10	Ret	212	4th	334	3rd	248	3rd
			12	Maverick Viñales	12	16	7	10	10	14	10	12	7	Ret	3	2	13	3	13	7	7	17	16	Ret	122	11th
			32	Lorenzo Savadori					Ret	21		22			20		19								0	NC	—
2023	Aprilia RS-GP	M			POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL
			12	Maverick Viñales	2^5	12^7	4	Ret^7	Ret^9	12	Ret	Ret^7	5^3	6^8	2^3	5^6	8^8	19^9	2^4	11	Ret	11	4^6	10^4	204	7th	410	5th	326	3rd
			41	Aleix Espargaró	9^6	15	Ret^4	5	5^8	6^8	16^9	3^4	1^5	9^7	1^1	12^8	Ret	5	10	8	8^5	Ret	Ret	8	206	6th
			32	Lorenzo Savadori						18		11		19											5 (12)	24th	—
2024	Aprilia RS-GP	M			QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	ARA	RSM	EMI	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	BAR
			12	Maverick Viñales	10^9	Ret^1	1^1	9	5^3	12^8	8^5	5^3	12^7	13^8	7	Ret	16	6	6^7	Ret^9	8	7	7		189*	7th*	335*	4th*	285*	3rd*
			41	Aleix Espargaró	8^3	8^8	7^5	Ret	9^5	4^1	11^9	DNS	WD	6^3	9^3	10	Ret	8	Ret	9	16^8	9	13		134*	11th*
			32	Lorenzo Savadori						Ret		21	DNS												0*	28th*	—

* Season still in progress.

References

1. McLaren, Peter (29 April 2021). "Official: Aprilia gets Factory grid places for MotoGP 2022". Crash.net. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

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