Stefan Bradl has been given medical clearance to return to MotoGP at Indianapolis, where he will make his debut with Aprilia this weekend, after his recent wrist injury.The German sat out his home race at the Sachsenring last month having fractured his scaphoid in a crash at Assen, but his...

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...

Aprilia emphasized that 2015 must be regarded as purely a development season as it launched its factory return to MotoGP on Thursday.The Italian manufacturer originally intended to rejoin the championship in 2016 to coincide with the upcoming technical rule change, before bringing its programme forward to this year.Aprilia has had...

MotoGP returnee Marco Melandri needs to do more to match the effort his Aprilia team is putting in, according to its racing chief Romano Albesiano.Melandri has openly admitted he had misgivings about being brought back from World Superbikes into MotoGP by employer Aprilia, which has joined forces with Gresini for...

Marco Melandri has admitted he only came back to MotoGP with Aprilia reluctantly and would have preferred to remain in World Superbikes for 2015.Aprilia has dropped its factory WSBK program in favor of its new MotoGP project with Gresini, and brought Melandri back to grand prix racing with it.Melandri's return...

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...

Aprilia will return to MotoGP as a factory team in 2015, with Gresini Racing running its bikes in a four-year deal.The Italian firm last fielded a works MotoGP program in 2004, although it remained active in 125cc and 250cc until they transformed into Moto3 and Moto2.Several private teams also ran...