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Aprilia Racing

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Aprilia Racing
2024 nameAprilia Racing
BaseScorzè, Italy
PrincipalMassimo Rivola
Racing managerPaolo Bonora
Rider(s)MotoGP:
89. Jorge Martin
72. Marco Bezzecchi
32. Lorenzo Savadori (test rider)
MotorcycleAprilia RS-GP
TyresMichelin
Constructors' ChampionshipsSee Below
Riders' ChampionshipsSee Below

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

History

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Grand Prix World Championship

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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.

In 2025, Jorge Martín signed for the factory team from Pramac Racing replacing the retiring Aleix Espargaró.

Riders' championships

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

Manufacturers' championships

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  • 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

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By rider

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Year Class Team name Bike No. Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
2022 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Aprilia RS-GP 12 Spain Maverick Vinales 20 0 3 0 0 122 11th
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró 20 1 6 2 2 212 4th
32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori 5 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2023 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Aprilia RS-GP 12 Spain Maverick Vinales 20 0 3 1 1 204 7th
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró 20 2 3 1 2 206 6th
32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori 3 0 0 0 0 9(12) 24th
2024 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Aprilia RS-GP 12 Spain Maverick Vinales 20 1 1 1 1 190 7th
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró 18 0 0 2 0 163 11th
32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori 3 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2025 MotoGP Aprilia Racing Aprilia RS-GP 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi
89 Spain Jorge Martín

By season

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(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 21 22 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 Spain 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 Spain 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 Italy 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 Spain Maverick Viñales 25 127 4 Ret7 Ret9 12 Ret Ret7 53 68 23 56 88 199 24 11 Ret 11 46 104 204 7th 410 5th 326 3rd
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró 96 15 Ret4 5 58 68 169 34 15 97 11 128 Ret 5 10 8 85 Ret Ret 8 206 6th
32 Italy 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 SLD
12 Spain Maverick Viñales 109 Ret1 11 9 53 128 85 53 127 138 7 Ret 16 6 67 Ret9 8 7 7 15 190 7th 353 4th 302 3rd
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró 83 88 75 Ret 95 41 119 DNS WD 63 93 10 Ret 8 Ret 9 168 9 13 54 163 11th
32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Ret 21 DNS 0 28th
2025 Aprilia RS-GP M THA ARG AME QAT SPA FRA GBR ARA ITA NED GER CZE AUT HUN CAT RSM JPN INA AUS MAL POR VAL
72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi
89 Spain Jorge Martín

* Season still in progress.

References

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  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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