The Aprilia MotoGP team “100 percent” needs to beat 2017 newcomer KTM next season, according to the Italian manufacturer’s new signing Sam Lowes. Moto2 frontrunner Lowes makes the step up to the premier class next year, joining Suzuki convert Aleix Espargaro at the Gresini-run Aprilia squad on a two-year deal. Aprilia’s current race riders Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl have endured a difficult campaign on the RS-GP machine, with Bradl’s seventh-place finish in Argentina remaining the marque’s best result of 2016. And while the duo have posted improved results since the nadir of their campaign in Austria – where both were blasted by Aprilia management for jumping the...
Full Story »