Last year, Aprilia’s problems in high-temperature conditions were exacerbated. Aleix Espargaró was forced to retire from the Indian GP for this reason, while in Thailand, Maverick Viñales was unable to finish due to breathing problems caused by the heat.
The RS-GP is unable to efficiently disperse the hot air coming from the front, and for now, there is still no resolution to the problem: ‘We are in a process, it is not yet solved’, revealed the technical director Romano Albesiano as cited by Motorsport.com.
After the Sepang tests, the Italian admitted that if nothing changes, there could be difficulties in races: ‘We did a race simulation with three riders, one behind the other. We have to work before the situation happens in a race; otherwise, we will have more problems’.