Apri💫lia ans🌟wered a “question mark” over their fresh technical direction at Silverstone, the Crash MotoGP podcast heard.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marco Bezzecchi delivered his first win for Aprilia, and the manufacturer’s first of 💖t💯he 2025 season, in the British MotoGP.

It came amid their injured star Jorge Martin’s implications that he could quit Aprilia next year. His absence from 🎉Silverstone meant the situation evolved without hi🅠m.

Ultimately it was other unsung Aprilia assets who earned the🌊ir big win.

“When we arrived, with the Aprilia situation, it was silent. We hadn’t had any official comment. It came on Thursday morning,” Peter McLaren told the Crash MotoGP podcast.

“It has been a big talking point all weekend - what’s going on?ꦉ What’s the future? All neg🧸ative things.

“Then, they end up on the top step.

“Don’t fo൲rget this is the first win for the new technical side of Aprilia with Fabiano Sterlacchini.

“There would have been a question mark there.

“Romano Albesiano had le🌠d that project fromꦓ when they came in with the RS-GP to MotoGP.

“It’s confidence to show🅠 the riders that we can win, we have a winning packa♋ge.

“If that’s what Martin was starting to doubt… we don’t kn🐎ow what he was thinki𓃲ng when he watched the race at home.

“Massimo Rivola was asked if he had any idea what Martin would say, and h꧅e𒐪 said no.

“T🌠he bottom line is that the RS-GP is back on the top step for the first time since Maverick Vinales at COTA.”

Albesiano was a high-profile departure from Apr༒ilia at the end of last season, when he became the new technical dir🍨ector to spearhead Honda’s resurgence.

Sterlacchini was recruited🍷 to replace him after a short stint at KTM. He had also worked at Ducati.

Bezzecchi’s win was therefo🐓re the firs🎉t under the vision of Sterlacchini.

Rivola said: “I'm particularꦺly happy also for Fabiano Sterlacchini because since he joined the team, we didn't get too many satisfactions and now we deserve that."

Similarity to Jorge Lorenzo at Ducati noticed

It was a victory wh💯ich had been threatened for some time, though.

“I🤡t was the perfect timing after negative publicity at a track w🍬here we knew the Aprilia goes well,” Peter McLaren explained.

“We𒅌 knew Bezzecchi had the pace from preseason testing with sprint simulations. 

“E💜ven at Le Mans, he ran off, but Massimo Rivola underlined that he had podium.

“This is not a shot in the dark result. Aprilia have always felt that if Bezzecchi could qualify better, and be further ahead on the opening laps,꧑ he could run with the guys on the podium.

“We saw he took hisꦅ chance 💖at a special track in special conditions on the soft tyre.

“Unfort💫unatꦬe for Fabio Quartararo but I don’t think anyone will begrudge Aprilia and Bezzecchi this result.”

The absent Mart🌠in, meanwhile, will return to a garage where his teammate is already a gran✅d prix winner on their bike.

“I see similarities to when Jorge Lorꦺenzo went to Ducati,” Peter McLaren said.

“All the attention was on this multiple-time world champion. Then it was Andrea Dovizioso, sat next to him, who got th💙e wins a▨nd the success.

“Bezz has come in at the same time as Martin, ꦫso it’s not the same in t💮hat regard.

“But all of the attention has been on Mart🦄in. But Bezzecchi got the first win for them.

“For Bezzecchi, iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt’s exactly what they need - the whole team and his side of the gar꧃age.”