Aprilia Racing manager Romano Albesiano is targeting the factory's best ever four-stroke MotoGP results with the new version of the RS-GP. Aleix Espargaro equalled Aprilia's top four-stroke GP finish of sixth on his debut for the team a year ago in Qatar. The Spaniard later matched that placing in Aragon - less than six-seconds from the winner- kicking off an encouraging run that saw Espargaro claim fourth on the grid in Japan and be fastest on Friday at Phillip Island… only to sustain a hand injury in the race. But despite such flashes of form, Aprilia went on to finish sixth and last in the manufacturers' championship, having lost out to KTM at the final round. The modifications...
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