After the first date in Jerez, spent getting acquainted, and the one in Mugello, hindered by weather conditions, Andrea Dovizioso and Aprilia RS-GP will continue dating.
This means that the collaboration between the Italian champion and Aprilia Racing is now more structured, with a series of tests expected throughout the 2021 season.
The next date is schedule for 23 and 24 June in Misano, where Dovizioso will be on the track along with the Aprilia Racing test team, which already hosted him for the first two outings.

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“Since I wasn’t able to test at Mugello in dry conditions, I’m pleased that Aprilia Racing asked me to continue the work we started in Jerez and to be able to provide my contribution to developing the bike. I think this will be beneficial for both of us – for me, to continue training on a MotoGP bike in anticipation of a possible return in 2022, and for Aprilia to receive what they feel to be interesting information. For this reason, we decided to do more tests.”

SECOND APPOINTMENT AT MUGELLO FOR ANDREA DOVIZIOSO AND APRILIA RACING

The long-awaited second appointment between Andrea Dovizioso and the Aprilia RS-GP, scheduled at Mugello, was unable to enjoy the favorable weather conditions.
The two days on the Tuscan track have always been characterised by rain, at times so light as to not be able to completely wet the track, at times so strong as to determine “red flag” conditions if it were a race weekend.

Obviously the planned program could not be completed even if Andrea tried the changes to the ergonomics of the RS-GP agreed after the first test in April. Despite the rain, the laps on the track and the work in the garage were an important stage in the growth of Andrea’s confidence with the bike and with the team.
Precisely to resume the work started a month ago in Jerez in better conditions, Aprilia Racing and Andrea Dovizioso are considering the possibility of a new test to be held in June.

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“I was very pleased to be back on track with Aprilia, especially here at Mugello. It is a special circuit, the emotion I feel to ride here is unique. We weren’t lucky with the weather, but we still tried to take advantage of these two days of testing. The grip was certainly not ideal for pushing, so we concentrated on understanding and improving the behavior of the RS-GP in these conditions. At the end of the previous test I did not express definitive judgments because it was a simple grip contact, and I find it wrong to do so now after two days of rain. I have some ideas, of course, but I think the ideal would be to find another opportunity to learn more about the Aprilia. I am very pleased with the interest generated by my return on a MotoGP bike but, as already said, I don’t have any long-term plans. I’m having fun, I’m happy and I’ll evaluate my choices one step at a time. “