How Aprilia reached MotoGP’s summit: ‘Ideas come from people that are not shy’
Aprilia’s RS-GP has utterly dominated the start of 2026, so how did MotoGP’s smallest manufacturer get here and what does Ducati need to do to close the gap?
The fourth Hall of Fame category is here. This month we turn to motorcycling and its greatest names. To help us narrow them down to a shortlist of 12 we brought in Mat Oxley and ex-MotoGP rider Jeremy McWilliams.
We run through two-wheeled stars from Valentino Rossi to the cheeky Londoner Barry Sheene. As Rob says in the introduction, this one’s for all you racers.
As always, let us know what you think.
Vote on the Hall of Fame motorcycle category here.
Vote on the Hall of Fame motorcycle category here.
If you would like to subscribe to the Motor Sport podcasts then visit our iTunes page.
To download the podcast, visit our SoundCloud page.
Aprilia’s RS-GP has utterly dominated the start of 2026, so how did MotoGP’s smallest manufacturer get here and what does Ducati need to do to close the gap?
Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi is dominating the 2026 MotoGP season with the same quiet, truculent self-assurance that has always made him impossible to ignore, and even harder to interview
The first Brazilian MotoGP round in 22 years was characterised by a track that was falling apart, not that Bezzecchi and Aprilia seemed to mind
These are happy days for Aprilia, which leads the MotoGP constructors' championship for the first time in its history. And there’s no one better to tell its story than team manager Paolo Bonora, who joined Aprilia in 2002 to do pioneering electronics work on the Cube MotoGP bike