Aprilia host official team launch and RS-GP reveal...

2025 Aprilia RS-GP

After a primary style on the monitor within the Montmeló assessments, Jorge Martín, reigning MotoGP World Champion, and Marco Bezzecchi have formally unveiled the Aprilia RS-GP25 in a launch occasion staged in a single day in Milan.

Massimo Rivola

“The 2025 season represents the beginning of a brand new period for Aprilia Racing, with the ambition of being protagonists and never simply pursuers. The objective is obvious: to at all times be aggressive, in each race. With two robust, proficient and motivated riders like Jorge Martín and Marco Bezzecchi, and with an equally decided staff and firm, we are able to construct one thing particular. The RS-GP25 has huge potential and our job can be to be sure that that is expressed to the utmost within the 22 championship races.”

The Aprilia RS-GP25 represents an necessary evolution for the Aprilia Racing MotoGP challenge. Each element has been redesigned to have the ability to compete on the highest ranges and consolidate Aprilia Racing among the many protagonists of MotoGP. All areas of the bike have been improved, from the aerodynamics which were refined, to the chassis, all the way in which to the electronics and the V4 engine, which has undergone a substantial amount of growth work in all of the elements free from the freezing imposed by the regulation.

The Noale technical workplace, led by Fabiano Sterlacchini, has confronted this new problem by remaining devoted to its DNA and creating an revolutionary bike, able to competing on the highest ranges.

Fabiano Sterlacchini

“It’s a pleasure for me to start this new journey with Aprilia Racing. The objective for 2025 is to be persistently aggressive, each in sprints and lengthy races, aiming to attain most outcomes all through the season. It’s important to proceed to develop, working with two new, extremely proficient riders. This actually represents a brand new period for us, with a big change after a number of years, each in technical administration and within the rider line-up. We’re notably motivated for the brand new season and proud to have two new MotoGP reference riders on our staff, together with the World Champion.”

The yr 2025 represents the beginning of a brand new period for Aprilia Racing with the arrival of two extremely proficient younger riders: Jorge Martín, who will race with the quantity #1 after profitable the MotoGP title, and Marco Bezzecchi, prepared to specific his nice potential within the prime class. To assist the official riders, Lorenzo Savadori has been confirmed as a take a look at rider after his main contribution to the expansion of the RS-GP lately.

Jorge Martín

“I’m very proud of this new problem: profitable with Aprilia. My objectives are very clear, now we’ve got to concentrate on being the very best model of ourselves, each Aprilia and me. I’m in the best place to do nice issues, will probably be an thrilling problem, all of us have numerous willpower. I actually really feel the heat of the staff and I believe this might be an ideal place for me. We’re all very excited to start out this new season.”

Marco Bezzecchi

“I’m joyful to have joined this staff, the entire of Aprilia. It will likely be implausible, and I’m actually joyful to symbolize such an necessary model. It’s a nice supply of pleasure for me, each as an individual and as a rider, to be a part of an official staff. I can’t wait to get on the monitor, to work and to offer it a little bit of fuel to attempt to obtain good outcomes. There may be numerous need from everybody, and it’s one thing that I actually recognize. I’m very excited, see you in Sepang for the assessments!”

Jorge Martín and Marco Bezzecchi can be supported by a powerful and cohesive staff and by the official take a look at rider Lorenzo Savadori. They’re joined by the riders of Workforce Trackhouse: Raúl Fernández and Ai Ogura, MotoGP rookie and Moto2 World Champion in 2024. The Trackhouse challenge, created to be a strategic accomplice of Aprilia and never a easy satellite tv for pc staff, represents a basic useful resource for the continual growth of the RS-GP25, offering useful information and contributing to the innovation course of. For the primary time in its historical past, Aprilia Racing can be debuting within the World Championship with 4 bikes in essentially the most superior specification.

Raúl Fernández

“The brand new bike appears to be like superb. I’m actually joyful to exit with these colours and I’m positive we can be nicely seen on television and from the grandstands. It’s fairly completely different to the remainder of the grid. Additionally, it’s good to have an enormous model like Gulf on board now. We have now a brand new problem, it’s a brand new yr and we’ve got new objectives. This yr will hopefully be a very nice one. We’re all working onerous – I used to be engaged on myself quite a bit through the winter and I believe it’s going to be an important season. Let’s go and luxuriate in it!”

Ai Ogura

“To begin with, I want to say because of all people at Trackhouse. I’m actually joyful that we are able to get the season began quickly and I’m simply enthusiastic about this yr. It will likely be a giant problem for me, however I’ve my guys within the staff, they’re all motivated, the environment contained in the staff is nice. I can’t wait to start out the primary take a look at in Sepang! Our design is completely implausible! I can’t wait to journey this stunning bike and I’m excited to see what we are able to do that season.”

Davide Brivio – Trackhouse Workforce Principal

“That is one other necessary second as a result of we’re introducing our second yr as Trackhouse Workforce. The primary one has been a studying yr and we are going to attempt to use every thing we realized earlier than on this second season, the place we’ve got many new issues developing. In fact, a brand new design of the bike, which fits extra in the direction of the Trackhouse picture path and we’ve got an in place settlement with Gulf which suggests one other thrilling design. It’s an actual privilege to be concerned in a staff with such an iconic model – a model, which I personally at all times admired within the motorsport atmosphere. We will’t wait to indicate our particular livery, which I imagine can be one thing nice and distinctive in MotoGP. Talking about our riders, Raul stays with the goal to be stronger and stronger after which we’ve got the massive change with Ai, our rookie in MotoGP. He’s Moto2 World Champion, which is elevating expectations. We begin this season with ambitions to enhance what we did final yr and likewise the staff and never simply the riders are studying increasingly. I’m assured that we are going to see Raul stronger, with extra expertise and will probably be good seeing Ai rising up, bettering race by race, which is the goal. We’re actually trying ahead to it and are very excited. We’re nicely ready, from bodily and technical viewpoint. Let’s see what we are able to count on from this season.”

Justin Marks – Founder & Proprietor, Trackhouse

“I’m actually excited. In that first yr in a brand new championship there have been numerous learnings for me and for quite a lot of folks on the staff. It’s like now we’re beginning to determine how the MotoGP program matches into the massive Trackhouse image. Everyone is simply so excited that we’re competing on this championship. I’m excited for 2025. I believe the Aprilia bikes are going to be quick, Raul continues to get higher, tremendous enthusiastic about Ai coming onboard. We’re able to go testing and get the ball rolling on the season. We’re tremendous excited to have Raul. There have been occasions in 2024 the place he confirmed unbelievable velocity. He’s taking a giant step this off season in his preparation, in his mentally, form of understanding the place he must be on the race weekend in his thoughts. We’re enthusiastic about that and I believe there’s podiums in our future. If the bikes are there, the velocity is there, actually there’s numerous expertise, with mechanics and engineers. We confirmed already that we’ve got the items and Raul’s acquired the expertise to have the ability to compete on the entrance in MotoGP. So, actually, we’re in search of extra of that. On the opposite facet, I like rookies. I like taking this undefined, uncooked expertise, placing them in these new positions, placing the assist in round them and have the ability to mature into prime stage skilled athletes. After we signed Ai and introduced that he was becoming a member of the staff, I don’t suppose he was main in Moto2. He was on this battle for the championship and as quickly because it was public that he’s going to affix our staff, he simply went on to tear it up and gained the Moto2 World Championship. This actually exhibits what he’s manufactured from. When you have a look at the crop of rookies, if you have a look at the brand new guys coming into MotoGP in 2025, what else are you able to need than the reigning Moto2 World Champion? We’re tremendous enthusiastic about his expertise.” The best milestones for our firm is aligning ourselves with a few of the biggest manufacturers of the world. We have now carried out this for the Nascar facet. Getting these iconic manufacturers like Gulf to the Trackhouse journey, to put money into us and to develop with us, is massively necessary to me. I used to be telling the Gulf govt going by this course of, there’s these superb moments within the historical past of motorsport and for a model like that to be aligned with Trackhouse having the Gulf logos on the bike is humbling, superb and we are able to’t wait to get that bike on the racetrack. It’s fairly particular.”

2025 Aprilia RS-GP Specs

• Engine – 1000 cc 90° V4
• Energy – >280 HP
• Valvetrain – Pneumatic
• Max RPM – >17,500rpm
• Weight – 157kg
• Gearbox – Seamless six-speed
• Electronics – Magneit Marelli AGO ECU with Unified Software program
• Exhaust – Titanium SC Exhaust with valve
• Clutch – Carbon discs
• Radiators – PWR
• Oiling – Dry Sump
• Chain – RK
• Body – Alloy Aluminium
• Swing-arm – Carbon-Fibire
• Suspension – Ohlins
• Rims – Marchesini magnesium alloy, 17×4″ (F); 17×6.25″ (R)
• Entrance Brake – Brembo GP4 Monoblock aluminium finned calipers machined from billet, radial-mount, 4 titanium pistons, rotors 340-355 mm
• Rear Brake – Brembo aluminium caliper with axial mount, two-piston, metal 218 mm rotor