Rumoured since his retirement announcement in Catalunya, Aprilia’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro has been officially confirmed as a Honda MotoGP test rider for 2025.

Espargaro, who will join existing HRC development rider Stefan Bradl,🐼✃ made his MotoGP debut back in 2009 and has since raced Ducati, ART, Forward Yamaha, Suzuki and Aprilia machinery.

A late bloomer, Espargaro too♊k his first podium in 2014 but had to wait until 2021 for his second. The Spaniard followed it up with Aprilia's first MotoGP victory the following ye🌊ar and has so far won three MotoGPs on the RS-GP.

“Aleix decided to retire, so we thought of course he's a very fast rider, still. And he has experience,” HRC team manager Alberto Puig told MotoGP.com, when asked🐈 about Espargaro’s test rider attributꦯes.

“He's been𝓡 racing for many manufacturers and he's not that young which means he has good experi💮ence and understanding of a MotoGP machine,”

“He's clearly fast. He’s fit. 💞So we think he can help us to understand difꩲferent possibilities, coming from another manufacturer.

“But it’s also true that nowadays with all🦂 the test program that we have, if you only h⛄ave one test rider like Stefan, sometimes it's a massive load of work for one guy.

“So we thought it was a good opportunity with him retiring, And we’ve know ♚Aleix for a long time. I'm sure he will be very cooperative and I think he's veওry happy to join us.”

Espargaro has suggested he will take part in at least one race as a wild-card next s🅺eason, but Puig said: “It's early to say, but it could be possi💞ble.”

The revised concessions system i𓄧ntroduced this year allows Honda and Yamaha extra testing opportunities and wild-cards, until they progress out of t♚he lowest D ranking.