With the exception of the 2017 racing season when he competed in MotoGP as a member of Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, Sam Lowes is now in his eighth FIM Moto2 World Championship season. After finishing third in the 2020 title fight, Lowes returned to the division in 2021 and won...

Outgoing Aspar Ducati rider Eugene Laverty will pair a MotoGP test role with Aprilia with his return to the World Superbike Championship in 2017.This weekend's season finale at Valencia is Laverty's last in MotoGP after two years with the Aspar team, which switched from Open-class Hondas to GP14.2 Ducatis in...

The human errors that led to Aprilia's disastrous Austrian Grand Prix have been slammed by "furious" bosses of its MotoGP program.Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl were both part of a group of five riders deemed to have jumped the start and handed ride-through penalties at the Red Bull Ring.Bradl then...

Marco Melandri has secured his return to MotoGP after a four-year absence by securing the final seat on the 2015 grid with Gresini's new Aprilia program.The 32-year-old won five grands prix during his initial MotoGP stint from 2003-'10. Although he rode for the factory Yamaha, Ducati and Kawasaki teams, his...