Marco Melandri says he is approaching Assen with 'concrete optimism' with his Aprilia team amid speculation he will leave MotoGP after a miserable start to the season. The multiple MotoGP race winner explains his new found positive outlook has come from the mid-season tests at Catalunya two weeks ago, where he tried out a new swingarm for his Aprilia RS-GP machine. Despite the limited running due to stormy conditions, Melandri felt the upgrades made a significant improvement and is ready to push on in the Netherlands this weekend. “We are going to Assen with a bit of concrete optimism,” Melandri said. “In the Barcelona tests the team provided me with a much longer swingarm that gave...
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