Aprilia MotoGP boss Romano Albesiano says the Noale marque now has “all the ingredients” in place to make a big step forward in 2019 after a difficult 2018 MotoGP campaign. Aprilia finished last in the manufacturers standings for the fourth year in succession, and scored five fewer points in 2018 with 59 than it did the previous year, while Aleix Espargaro could only manage three top 10s compared with six he registered in 2017. This was blamed by Albesiano on something “not exactly right” in the design process of the RS-GP leading to the bike losing the balance it had in 2017, while he admits it took the team too long to discover this.  “We had...
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