Day: February 25, 2019

The factory outfit detailed their tool that will propel them through the 2019 season trackside at the Losail Circuit in Dubai. The livery comes as a bit of surprise given the lack of traditional Aprilia colour portions, mainly the lack of the under-fairing being sectioned off in Aprilia red with the Aprilia logo to match but overall it looks very fresh. The Italian Tricolore segments its way over the fairing and seat stay and cuts like a razor blade through fuel tank and sides of the fairing thought the rider…

MotoGP are set to use a new penalty system in priority over the “drop position” penalty currently available at the stewards discretion, for infractions less severe than that worthy of a ride-through. Carmelo Ezpeleta, Dorna CEO, set out the plan of Dorna and FIM to have a penalty system that was more accurately applicable than the “drop position” rule which can cost more than one rider a significant amount of time. It is understood that this penalty system is not designed to replace the ride-through penalty. Confusingly to penalty system…