Jorge Martin’s replacement details Aprilia development in his absence

Aꦛprilia's ꦑSepang test continues despite Jorge Martin injury

Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin

Lorenzo Savadori is carrying the bulk of Aprilia’s test duties that should have been 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s responsibility.

MotoGP champion Martin has been ruled out of the final two days of the official Sepang test after a heavy crash on W𝓰ednesday.

Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez also crꦇashed and inj🍃ured himself on Wednesday, leaving Aprilia short of 50% of their rider line-up.

Test rider Savadori is therefore tasked with replacing🎀 Martin.

“We don’t have my test bike, we have the official riders’ bike,” Sava𝓡dori said on Thu⛎rsday in Sepang.

“We tried𒉰 different aerodynamics and a differen🅠t electronic system.

“We are focused on developing the bike, not on perform♚ance. We 🎀need to understand some solutions better.

“Some parts, we have used for the first♛ time here. At the shakedown, we did not have time.”

Savadori in🌠sists that Aprilia are making progress with their p🤪roblem of stopping the bike.

“Yes. This bike is a step forward compared to the old one, including in brake performan༺ce,” he said.

“It is never eno🧸ugh. But it’s a little step in the corr♐ect way.”

෴The improvement is both in t𓃲he bike dynamics and engine braking.

“A mix,” Savadori said. “The RS-25 does not have big changes. In general, the behaviour of the bike and the balance was good. We imp🃏roved in some areas.”

Jorge Martin out, but Aprilia battle on

Lorenzo Savadori
Lorenzo Savadori

Aprilia hav🔥e improved their power delivery, engine braking and traction control, Savadori insists.

“In all phases, we made adjustments and improvemeꩵnts,” he🎃 said.

But their issue with th𒁃eir rear tyre persists⛄, and hasn’t yet been solved.

“It's not a simple job to do,” Savadori said.

“With me, in this test, we are working for this. It’s not as simple as touchin🦹g the electronics.

“You need to understand the directi✨on and analyse the 🦩data, it is a big job.

“Unf🍬ortu𝔍nately Jorge is not here to ride. I am riding for this reason.”

Savadori has also been unable to woꦇrk on the Aprilia’💫s efficiency in different temperatures.

“Honestly, I have not had the timꦬe to try this,” he said.

“For Aprilia𒁏, the shakedown was a shakedown for three days! I tested the bike, if everything worked well.

“I didn’t have time to try everything. During this test, may👍be we will try🅘.”

Quotes provided by Peter McLaren in Sepang

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