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Aprilia bosses hit out at riders: "We cannot accept this"

Aprilia MotoGP riders Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl have come in for heavy criticism from their own bosses at the Italian manufacturer, who were left "furious" with the pair's failure to score points in Austria. The Red Bull Ring race marked the first time in 2016 that Aprilia came away with no points, as Bautista and Bradl both lost any chance of a top-15 finish at the start of the race by jumping the start. Subsequent ride-through penalties for the pair demoted them to 16th and 19th respectively at the finish. It was the first time that Aprilia hadn't scored points since last year's Japan race. Team prinicipal Romano Albesiano said: “I am the first to be furious with the...
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