April𒆙ia’s racing manager Paolo Bonora says the brand must have “an open mind” with its 2025 factory MotoGP line-up as they are “coming from the best bike”.

The Noale bran♐d’s works team will undergo its first complete line-up change since 2017, with reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin and Marco Beꦦzzecchi joining the fold.

Both riders come with their sole premier class experience being of Ducati machinery, while ꦦthe only constant in its stable will be Raul Fernandez at Trackhouse, who will be joined by rookie Ai Ogura.

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At the end of the 2024 season, Bonora told MotoGP’s official website that it will have to have an open approa꧋ch to bike development and rider feedback from Martin and Bezzecchi.

“It’s going💧 to be a very challenging year for us, because we’ll have two fast, young and very talented riders,” he said.

“There’s no doubt about it. The whole ༺team is excited, and we’ll have to be very pragmatic to unders⛎tand what their demands will be and have an open mind in understanding that they’re probably coming from the best bike on the grid.

“We’ll have to improve to get that performance.”

Neither rider was able to speak about their 🌟first test of the RS-GP in Barcelona last month, but CEO Massimo Rivola noted that their feedback wa🀅s more positive than expected.

Aprilia proved to be the only manufacturer to beat Ducati in 2024, after Maverick Vinales - who𒉰 joins Tech3 KTM next year - won the Americas Grand Prix𒅌.

That was the highlight of the campaign, though, with Aprilia’s form dropping off in the second half of the season to the point that🐲 it slid to third in the constructors’ standings behind KTM and Ducati.

Reflecting on the season, Bonora added: “We’re quite sati🎃sfie꧟d with the first part of the season.

“We got a 💫lot of podiums✃ and, apart from Ducati, we were the only ones to win a GP.

“We set a 🐻lot of goals at the beginning of the year and we reached them. We probably lost something in 🎉the second part.

“When you get to a certain level, i🍃t’s more difficult to take big steps forward. But we definitely understood why w🧸e missed something compared to our rivals.

“We have to improve our data analysis and respond faster to 𝔉the comments of 🍎the riders during the weekend.

“We know that we need to improve in hard b🔜raking. It’s not about intervening in any particular area b꧙ut making progress on our package.”