– Aprilia will not run its 2016-specification bike during the first MotoGP pre-season test in Malaysia.Aprilia, which returned to the premier class as an official manufacturer in 2015, had been expected to debut its new machine at the gathering, which runs from February 1-3, but the firm has now altered its plans.Instead, Álvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl will run the laboratory RS-GP bike at Sepang, before getting their first taste of the 2016 bike at a private Qatar outing in mid-February, as rivals test at Phillip Island.Aprilia will then link up with the remainder of the field at the final Qatar test from March 2-4.
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