Aprilia presently competes with two Spanish riders in its MotoGP manufacturing unit workforce: Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales, whose contracts expire on the finish of this season. The identical goes for Enea Bastianini at Ducati—a rider extremely appreciated by Aprilia Racing’s CEO, Massimo Rivola.
The Government advised GPOne.com that the present Ducati rider is of curiosity to him, and having an Italian rider is effective: ‘I believe they know that Enea is a kind of riders I like. Carlo Pernat, his supervisor, is effectively conscious that it is usually due to me that he has achieved sure leads to negotiations with Ducati. Actually, an Italian rider could be helpful, whether or not it’s Enea or one other; it’s too early to say. Perhaps we are going to affirm our two riders, though we noticed within the Africa Eco Race that profitable with Italian bikes and riders has an amazing impression’.
Nonetheless, Rivola assured that for the time being, Aprilia is glad with Espargaró and Viñales, in addition to with Miguel Oliveira and Raúl Fernández within the Trackhouse Racing satellite tv for pc workforce. The Italian additionally supplied one other assurance: ‘The primary three months will probably be very intense for the rider market, however we are going to face them very calmly’.
