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 complete set of MotoGP Mutterings from the 2019 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix
“Marc Márquez is leading the riders’ championship and Honda is leading the constructors’ championship, so MotoGP could hardly be going better for the Japanese manufacturer. But what’s up with the issues it’s been having at the last few races: chains coming off the sprockets, and bikes cutting out? This is all very un-Honda.”
Our first download of Jerez MotoGP info: HRC sorting its issues, another Márquez miracle, why Álex Rins didn’t challenge for the win, plus Honda’s new black frame.
“Yamaha has yet to break out of the doldrums into which it drifted several years ago, but things could be so much worse for the premier category’s second most successful manufacturer.”
The most important news from the 2019 Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix, including Ducati’s struggles, Lorenzo’s morale, updates from Aprilia and HRC and Yamaha’s potential saviour.
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