Have Aprilia ‘got someone in mind?' | Rider market prediction tipped

“Look at Ducati. When was the last time they didn’t have an Italian rider?"
Aleix Espargaro, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 23 March
Aleix Espargaro, MotoGP, Portuguese MotoGP, 23 March

A tip for Aprilia’s rider market movement was made on the Crash MotoGP podcast.

Apri♏lia missed out on Fabio Quartara💯ro who has penned a big-money deal to stay at Yamaha.

The Italian manufacturer ꦫreportedly failed with a € 4m-per-yer offer to snare Quartararo.

“That [the size of the offer] tells you 🐽that Aprilia were not going all-out for Quartararo,” Crash’s Peter McLaren said on our podcast.

“So they are either happy with who they’ve got, or they’ve got someone else 🎉in mind.

“It doesn’t sound♒ like a ‘we are going all-out to get this guy’ kind o📖f a pay packet.

“That tells you that they have go🥃t something else they are working on, mayb☂e. Time will tell.”

Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vina𝓀les make up the Aprilia duo, with Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez at Trꦫackhouse.

All four riders are out-of-contract at the end of this ye൲ar, leaving Aprilia with big decisions to make.

“They have said publicly t♍he same as KTM, that ‘we want to keep the riders that we’ve got now’,” McLaren reported.

“That’s in an ideal world. And assumes that all of the riders are performไing well.

“[Massi♓mo Rivola] goes on to say, in preseason at Sepang, that h✅e has to be ready to react.

“‘If somܫeone takes one of our riders, I have to be ready to go to the market, know what’s going on, and get someoneﷺ else in’.

“So they are hedging their bets.

“He made it clear, why he wants to keeꦬp four riders, 🌸is the stability.

“Chan🀅ging a rider means changing the crew chief, sometimes the m🦩echanics.

“You usually only see a fac🐼tory team change one rider at a time.

“If we follow that logic, Aprilia will want to🤡 keep at least one rider.

“That fits with the names that a🀅re already signed. Bagnaia, Quartararo…"

Enea Bastianini, MotoGP race, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March
Enea Bastianini, MotoGP race, Portuguese MotoGP, 24 March

Is Enea Bastianini suited to Aprilia?

“The second rider? It☂ depends how they are performing," McLaren reported.

“Aleix did fantastically in Qa𓃲tar, apart from theಌ race result. Speed-wise he impressed.

“Then Vinales did great in Portimao.

“What will happen this time? Will Miguel Oliveira pop u🌸p?

“They have got a lot of options at Aprilia.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini - the Italian rider. It’s good t✃o raise his name. The one thing they haven’t got in Aprilia is an Italian rider.

“Look at Ducati. When was the last time they didn’t have an Italian rider? Theꦆy’ve always had one Italian in the factory team.

“It would be good for [Ap🌳rilia]. It m🦄ay even help sponsorship, who knows.

“If you are Bast𓄧ianini, we don’t know what will happen ﷺwith this ride.

“How safe is his position in the factory team against guys like Martin, Marquez, Bezz potentiall🍰y?

“Then what is the pull factor from Aprilia? “How much do Aprilia want another rid𝕴er compared to the guys they’ve got?”

C꧅rash journalist Robert Jones added: “We all expected Jorge Martin to be the first domino to fall.

“But, now that it’s Quartararo, that actually has🍸 a big i💃mpact on Martin potentially staying with Ducati.

“It opens the door, if Bastianini’s place is in question at the f♔actory tea𒊎m…

“Th⛦e ties of him being Italian. And Aleix retiring which gets close♊r with every season.

“There are a lot of legs to Bastianini moving to Aprilia i💞f he feels that his seat is in danger.”

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