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.

Aprilia missed out on Fabio 💦Qu๊artararo who has penned a big-money deal to stay at Yamaha.

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

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

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

“It doesn’t sound like a ‘we are going all-out to ❀get this guy’ kind of a pay packetꦫ.

“That tells you that they have📖 got something else they are working on, maybe. Time will tell.”

Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales make up the Aprilia duo, 🐬with Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez at Trackhouse.

All fo🙈ur riders are out-of-c꧒ontract at the end of this year, leaving Aprilia with big decisions to make.

“They have said publicly the same as KTM, that ‘we want to keep🧸 the riders that we’ve got now’,” McLaren reported.

“That’s in a🔯n ideal world. And assumes that all of the riders are performing well.

“[Massimo Rivola🐼] goes on to say, in preseason at Sepang, that he has to be ready🌊 to react.

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

“So they are hedging their bets.

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

“Changing a rider mea♔ns changing the crew chief,꧋ sometimes the mechanics.

“You usually only sܫee a factory team change one rider at a time.

“If we follow that logic, Aprilia will want to ke🥃ep at least one rider.

“That 🍒fits with the names that are 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 reportedඣ.

“Aleix did fantastically in Qatar, apart from the race resulওt. Speed-wise he impressed.

“Then Vinales did great in Portimao.

“What will happen this time? Will Miguel Oli💮veira pop up?

“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 to raise his name. The one thing they haven’t got in Aprilia is an Italian rider.

“Look at D൲ucati. When was the last time they didn’t have an Italian rider? They’ve always had one Italian in the fac🌸tory team.

“It would be go🎃od for [Aprilia].♋ It may even help sponsorship, who knows.

“If you are Bastianini, we don’t know what will hap𓂃pen with this ride.

“How safe is his position in the factory team a🌠gainst guys like Martin, Marquez, Bezz potentially?

“Then what is the pull factor from Aprilia? “How much do Aprilia wan🙈t another rid♔er compared to the guys they’ve got?”

Crash journalist Robert Jones added: “We all expected Jorge Mart✨in to be the first domino to fall.

“But, now that it’s Quartararo, that actually has a big impact on Mar🍌tin potentially staying with ဣDucati.

“It opens the door, if Bastiꦑanini’s place is in question at the factory team…

“The ties ♏of him being Italian. And Aleix retiring which g﷽ets closer with every season.

“There are a lot of legs to Bastiani🉐ni moving to Aprilia if he feels that his seat is in danger.”

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