The last MotoGP round at Jerez proved interesting, both technically and race-wise. While the sporting spotlight was firmly on the Bagnaia &ndash; Quartararo duel, the key technical theme was that of aerodynamics. An area of crucial importance in MotoGP, with ongoing improvements and changes but, as is so often the case, the coin has two sides. On the one hand, there&rsquo;s the riders&#39; point of view, that of Aleix Espargar&oacute; in this case who, in reflecting on what went on in Andalusia, remains somewhat disappointed about the time he wasted behind Marc Marquez and Jack Miller.  &ldquo;It&rsquo;s difficult to pass in MotoGP&rdquo;, explains Aleix, &ldquo;especially at a track like Jerez, where I really struggled to pass Marquez, despite having great pace. You really feel the aerodynamics we&rsquo;re using right now in terms of load, and when you&rsquo;re following another rider, the front tyre temperature and pressure go sky high&rdquo;.  On the other hand, there&rsquo;s the technical soul of the team, embodied by Aprilia Racing technical director Romano Albesiano, for whom aerodynamic development represents an exciting and stimulating challenge, and rightly so.  &ldquo;I think that aerodynamic development in MotoGP is only just beginning&rdquo;, confirms Albesiano, &ldquo;also because we&rsquo;re talking about a motion that we are still learning about. I couldn&rsquo;t say whether the aerodynamics might have negative effects on the spectacle that is the race, maybe yes, in that bikes without wings and a particular aerodynamics package may be better able to follow other bikes. In the recent past, there was an attempt to remove the wings, but then someone was able to get around that and use them anyway, which then saw everyone continue along that path. From a technical standpoint, it&rsquo;s a fascinating challenge, but probably less so when it comes to the show&rdquo;.  Albesiano: &quot;The next goal is to optimise every aspect of the bike&quot;   Romano continues, expanding on the concept of &ldquo;there&rsquo;s no stopping&rdquo; when it comes to technical developement.  &ldquo;Development in MotoGP never stops, despite the many rules regulating our field of action. In recent years, development has definitely focused on the aerodynamics. After all, making up one tenth of a second can make a real difference, in both qualifying and the race. So our next mission is to optimise everything, particularly the transmission, where we&rsquo;ll be trying something already during the next race. I think this is the final gap to close with respect to our rivals.&rdquo;  Of course, technical development goes hand in hand with the growth of the riders, and their symbiosis with the bike. Albesiano looks ahead here too, setting new goals in terms of Espargar&oacute; and Vinales&rsquo; growth path.  &ldquo;Telling a rider where he can improve is always difficult. As for Aleix, I think we can grow in terms of braking, seeing that our rivals are sometimes stronger, but it&rsquo;s an improvement to be made together. The same goes for Maverick, who we need to help make more effective - he&rsquo;s already shown to be quick, but we need to be consistent also when conditions are less than perfect, when there&rsquo;s less grip for example.&rdquo;  Translated by Heather Watson  Aleix Espargar&oacute; and Aprilia: close to signing for 2023 MotoGP 

<p>Aprilia&rsquo;s technical director: &quot;There is still a lot to learn, it&rsquo;s a fascinating challenge from a technical standpoint&rdquo;</p> 

Albesiano: &ldquo;Aerodynamics in MotoGP? They may impact on the spectacle&rdquo;

After a 2020 season in which it struggled to show the true potential of the RS-GP, the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini sets to work this year with the aim of closing the gap to the other MotoGP manufacturers and finally being able to battle at the front with riders Aleix Espargar&oacute; and Lorenzo Savadori.  Aprilia Racing technical director Romano Albesiano confirms this: &ldquo;From a technical point of view, this year&rsquo;s bike is an evolution of the 2020 model, with which we hope to be able to improve performance and close the gap that separated us from the front last season. Both Aleix and Lorenzo have been able to test the bike at Jerez with excellent results&rdquo;.  &quot;The aerodynamics are key&quot;   &ldquo;We have an extensive development plan for the season&rdquo;, continues Romano. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s difficult to say which is the most important new element this year, because the competitiveness of the bike depends on all these factors combined. One fundamental aspect is the aerodynamics and we now have a second version of what we used last year&rdquo;.  Albesiano then highlights the tracks at which we might see the full potential of the RS-GP: &ldquo;As I&rsquo;ve said, the bike has taken a step forward compared to that of last year. Tracks where we might see the full effects of this are Jerez, Mugello and Misano, circuit at which we&rsquo;ve tested and where are riders are best able to express themselves with the bike&rdquo;.  MotoGP, Aprilia: how the 2021 RS-GP differs  &quot;We have a good rider line-up&quot;   As for the riders, Albesiano expects big things from Aleix Espargar&oacute;: &ldquo;We have a good rider line-up. Aleix has been with us for a few years now and we&rsquo;ll try to do what we can to allow him to exploit his own potential and that of the bike. It&rsquo;s Lorenzo&rsquo;s first full season in MotoGP, but we&rsquo;ve seen that he learns fast and is very quick. As for the test team, we&rsquo;ll soon be able to confirm our new test rider, but our own riders will also work on development&rdquo;.  Lastly, there is mention of 2022, when Aprilia will become a full factory team, breaking away from Gresini with which it has collaborated since 2015: &ldquo;Although we&rsquo;ll become a factory team in 2022, there won&rsquo;t really be any big changes in terms of our work method. Even though we&rsquo;ve relied on another team in recent years, we&rsquo;ve always done everything as if we were an official team&rdquo;.  Translated by Heather Watson  MotoGP: Aprilia Racing opens 2021 with Espargaro and Savadori 

<p>The technical director of Aprilia Racing has set an objective for the upcoming season, which will see many changes within the team</p> 

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