MotoGP Catalunya: Aleix Espargaro in the running at Aprilia?
Aprilia could be considering two new MotoGP riders next season with rumours th꧂▨at Aleix Espargaro is in discussions to join the team.
Espargaro's Suzuki future has been uncertain since the signing of Andꦉrea Iannone, in the immediate aftermath 🎀of Maverick Vinales' decision to join Yamaha.
While Espargaro would offer continuity, he was unhappy at 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果๊历史:how Iannone's arrival was handled and concerned by repor💎ts lin𓄧king Moto2 stars Alex Rins and Johann Zarco to the remaining factory GSX-RR seat.
As a result, Espargaro is unsurprisingl🃏y talking with several other teams while awaiting the Suzuki decisi🍎on.
Given that Marc Marquez will stay at Honda, the only other 2017 factory seats are at Aprilia or KTM... and KTM may not be an option since Aleix's younger brother Pol𒅌 is now heavily linked to that ride.
Hence Aprilia co🧸uld be Espargaro's first choice, should the Suzuki verdict go ag♎ainst him.
Moto2 title leaꦕder Sam Lowes is Aprilia's only confirmed signing for 2017. Present ride⛦rs Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl are/were thought to be fighting over the remaining seat.
Should Espargaro make an Aprilia move he would return to the manufactur⭕er with which he claimed the now defunct 'CRT' class title in 2012 and 2013, riding for the Aspar team.
Aprilia rolled out an all-new version of its RS-GP, to replace the previous Superbike-based machine, at the start of this ye🌼ar. The Italian manufacturer declined to comment on the Espargaro rumours.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 year♒s and has see🦂n Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
