Aprilia had a strong showing in the first half of the MotoGP season. After nine rounds, they are in second place in the Constructors’ Championship, 140 points behind Ducati and ten points ahead of KTM.
However, so far, they’ve only secured one podium finish in a main race, with Maverick Viñales winning the Grand Prix of the Americas. Team manager Paolo Bonora has set higher expectations for the rest of the season, aiming for better results.
The Italian team manager emphasized the importance of consistently finishing in the top five, a feat achieved in only four of the first nine races: ‘The goal for the next part of the season will be to be constantly in the top five, and to be more consistent during the GPs, because other competitors are better than us in improving the lap time during the weekend’.
In an interview with the official MotoGP site, Bonora elaborated: ‘We were at the top of the standings during the Friday many times, but we missed something to improve the lap time during the Saturday and during the race on Sunday, so we have to improve during the GP to raise up the confidence of the riders with the bike and to better analyze the data to improve the performance’.