Ducati and Aprilia met on the Jerez circuit. Lorenzo Savadori and Michele Pirro on the track to plan the 2023 MotoGP season.
While the MotoGP World Championship went into hibernation in view of the winter break, waiting for the next official test scheduled for early February in Sepang, Ducati and Aprilia met again on the Jerez de la Frontera circuit for a two-day test. A way to cushion the costs of renting the track and to study the final details that will be needed by the engineers at the factory in the next two months.
From here it starts again for the 2023 World Championship, when Ducati will try to reconfirm itself as world champion and Aprilia will try to redeem itself after the disappointing season finale. Until the Aragon race Aleix Espargarò he was on the ropes for the world title, from Motegi to Valencia he helplessly witnessed a collapse caused by technical problems and in the pits, leading him to collect just 18 points in five races. A heavy beating for the standings, which saw the driver from Granollers overtaken by Enea Bastianini in third place.
The two Italian manufacturers test in Jerez
They took to the track on the Andalusian track Michael Pirro for the Borgo Panigale brand e Lorenzo Savadori for that of Noale. The rain forced us to mount rain tires in certain bursts of testing, but weather freaks need to be considered when testing during the winter and the wet data can still come in handy: “Even though we won everything this year, we are already back on track to prepare for next season – declared Michele Pirro -. The goals always remain the same, the competition will get tougher, but we will be ready“.
Behind the world success of I’m sorry Bagnaia there is the work of an entire group that works behind the scenes, in the factory, on the track when the factory riders cannot do it by regulation. Michele Pirro has been part of the Emilian team for over a decade and also feels like him the victory of the MotoGP World Championship. “Ducati’s results also go to these guys who work on the track and also to the many people who work behind the scenes at home. We are a very strong team, made up of fantastic people“.
Also sharing the Jerez track were the Italian “cousins” of Aprilia, led by the technical director Romano Albesiano. For the Noale-based company, the goal is to start again from the great results obtained in the first part of the championship, plus they will be able to count on the newly arrived RNF satellite team. However, it should be remembered that it will no longer be able to benefit from the regulatory concessions. “The first test of the 2023 season has been completed, see you next year in Sepang“, commented Lorenzo Savadori on social media.
