MotoGP's 24th and final grid slot has been earmarked for the LCR team, when it is ready to return to running two bikes.The current grid of 21 will be boosted by two when KTM enters the championship in 2017, but a plan to go up to 24 was put to...

British rider Sam Lowes will test a MotoGP bike for the first time on Wednesday, before graduating to the championship in 2017 with Aprilia.The Moto2 title contender signed his deal with the Gresini-run squad last year, and Aprilia has now confirmed he will be partnered in 2017 and '18 by...

Aprilia has formally launched its all-new RS-GP, declaring its 2016 MotoGP challenger the "most ambitious project" it has ever undertaken.The Italian manufacturer returned to MotoGP with a Gresini-run factory programme in 2015, but its bike was largely based on the ART superbike regulations. Alongside what it dubbed a "laboratory season,"...

Aprilia has completed the first full test of its 2016 MotoGP bike in Qatar. The Gresini-run outfit shook down its all-new RS-GP at Aragon two weeks ago, after delays ensured it would miss last week's official test at Phillip Island.Aprilia's new prototype now has three full days of running at...

New Pramac Ducati recruit Scott Redding admits he questioned his future in MotoGP during a "demoralizing" two first seasons in the premier class.After finishing second in Moto2 in 2013, the British rider was 12th in his rookie campaign on an Open-specification Honda run by the Gresini team. He returned to...

Aprilia's new MotoGP bike will not join the rest of the field until the third and final pre-season test in Qatar in March.The Gresini-run factory team has built an all-new machine for 2016 as it ramps up its program after what was effectively a development season last year using an...

British rider Sam Lowes will step up to MotoGP with Aprilia in 2017, with the Gresini-run team retaining Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista for next season.Moto2 frontrunner Lowes had initially been tipped to move straight into Aprilia's revived factory MotoGP effort next year, but he will now move across to...

Stefan Bradl has been released from his Forward Racing contract amid the team's difficulties and is tipped to join Aprilia for the rest of the 2015 MotoGP season.Forward will miss the next grand prix at Indianapolis as it regroups following the arrest of team boss Giovanni Cuzari.Although it is determined...

Aprilia has confirmed that Michael Laverty will return to MotoGP to replace Marco Melandri in its Gresini-run factory team from this weekend's German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.The long-rumored end of 2005 runner-up Melandri's unsuccessful MotoGP comeback was announced by Aprilia earlier on Wednesday. Laverty, whose younger brother Eugene is...

MotoGP race winner Marco Melandri has parted company with Aprilia effective immediately after a poor start to his comeback season.The 2005 MotoGP runner-up, who won five grands prix in his early career at the top level, has been mired at the back of the grid since returning to the field...