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Iwanbanaran.com – Caakkk… Aprilia has shown a good performance this season with her two riders, Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales, who managed to reach the podium. Even so, Massimo Rivola as the boss of Aprilia admitted that the Aprilia engine was not at the level of its competitors. This can be seen because Maverick Vinales had problems during the Silverstone MotoGP free practice session. The incident had made Piaggio President Roberto Colaninno’s boss not happy when he found out…
In fact, Massimo Rivola said the Aprilia engine was still below KTM and Honda, considering the issue of durability, aka the durability of the engine, which is still Aprilia’s weak point. That way, Aprilia will continue to develop to overcome these weaknesses. However, at this point in time, Aprilia is able to be competitive because it has managed to make good use of its resources. Massimo Rivola said that they worked in the aerodynamics, chassis, and electronics sectors, so that the combination was able to produce a great podium…
“We are still far from the best engine, we are not at the level of KTM, nor at the level of Honda. The Maverick bike stopped warm-up at Silverstone, so reliability is still a weak point, I’m not relaxed because we don’t want to see a similar incident next year. Because President Piaggio Colaninno was not happy when he saw on television that our engine exploded. But we made very good use of what we had. That’s our advantage at the moment. We have benefited from our aerodynamics, chassis and electronic setup, we have found a good combination in this area,” said Massimo Rivola via speedweek.
As is known, Aprilia has shown good performance this season and managed to sit in third place in the engine constructors standings. The Italian manufacturer scored 175 points with a record of seven podiums and one win from 12 races that have been held. When compared to last season, of course this year they have managed to improve, considering that in MotoGP 2021, Aprilia is at the bottom of the constructors’ championship with a record of 121 points (1 podium). While this season, Aprilia was able to do better by occupying the third place in the standings….(RA iwb)
