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Melandri Splits with Aprilia, Replaced by Michael Laverty

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Melandri Splits with Aprilia, Replaced by Michael Laverty

Aprilia announced it has reached a mutual agreement to end its contract with racer Marco Melandri. Taking the Italian's place immediately at this weekend's MotoGP round at Sachsenring is British racer Michael Laverty. The 2015 MotoGP season has been tough for both Melandri and Aprilia Racing...

Published on July 10 2015, 07:16
Source: blog.motorcycle.com
 
 

Marco Melandri has had his last race for Aprilia in MotoGP. The two parties have at last reached agreement to go their separate ways. As such, Aprilia test rider Michael Laverty will replace Melandri for the rest of the 2015 season. Melandri had always been a reluctant participant in Aprilia's... 

Piaggio CEO Roberto Colaninno announced Tuesday at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan that Aprilia aims to compete in MotoGP with a full factory prototype starting in the 2016 season. It's good news for MotoGP, which will feature five manufacturers fielding prototypes in 2015 - Honda, Yamaha,... 

Stefan Bradl's period of enforced unemployment will be mercifully brief. Last week, the Forward Racing team announced they had released him from his contract at his request, as the problems facing the team continue. Free from his contract, Bradl has signed with the Gresini Aprilia squad for the... 

Round nine of the 2015 MotoGP World Championship returns to The Sachsenring, arguably the most Honda-friendly circuit on the tour. Hondas have taken the checkered flag the last five times out, three wins from Dani Pedrosa followed by two from Marc Marquez. Although the fortunes of the Repsol... 

The tax difficulties encountered by the owner of Forward Racing appear to have resulted in the release of Stefan Bradl from his contract, and the immediate signing of Bradl by Aprilia Racing in MotoGP. In fact, Bradl will race this weekend for Aprilia at Indianapolis. The first half of the year... 

As the 2013 MotoGP season heads into its final five races, negotiations for 2014 are coming to a head. While the seats on factory and satellite machines were filled some time ago, the next level of competitiveness, both in terms of riders and bikes, is now up for grabs. Two names and two teams... 

Rea had ended the day as the fastest rider on the day, setting a time of 1'38.721, nearly a quarter of a second faster than Alvaro Bautista, who was riding the Ducati Desmosedici GP16 at the track. Rea had set the time on a modified version of a road bike, costing something in the region of...