The Noale manufacturer is the only one on the MotoGP grid that can take advantage of the concessions for development and the official riders of the team in Malaysia have taken advantage of this advantage.
Aleix Espargaro was on track alone on Wednesday, but today, the day of the start of the official tests with all the riders present, he confirmed his state of form by obtaining the best time in 1’58 ” 371 and approaching the time of 1 ‘ 58”703 with which Fabio Quartararo had obtained pole in 2019.
“I am satisfied with the work done in Noale over the winter,” said Aleix. “The bike is growing well. We were here earlier this week and both Savadori and Vinales had the opportunity to lap a lot more than me ”.
“I know the bike has better handling and better cornering. Obviously there is room for growth, but we are only on the first day of testing ”.
Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia Racing Team
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Today saw Aprilia conquer the scene thanks also to the second reference signed by Maverick Vinales. This result confirms the excellent work done by the Italian company.
“For the next few days we have to keep comparing the two frames available. Our plan is to decide which of the two we will use over the course of the season, but if we still have doubts we will take them both to Mandalika. Tomorrow I would like to do a race simulation to understand how the bike behaves ”.
Aleix, however, did not say he was satisfied with the time obtained today and tomorrow he wants to try to attack the record time trial.
“Having finished the day close to the absolute best time means that the development of the bike is going in the right direction. Let’s see if tomorrow I’ll be able to beat the record ”.
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