News Details

Savadori replaces Smith in Aprilia MotoGP line-up for final three rounds

The Aprilia MotoGP squad has announced it will replace Bradley Smith with Lorenzo Savadori for the final three rounds of the 2020 season. Test rider Smith was drafted in to replace Andrea Iannone for the start of the season, as the one-time grand prix winner continued to serve an 18-month doping ban. The Briton has scored 12 points across the season and managed a best result of 12th at the Andalusian Grand Prix. But Aprilia has now announced Smith will not see out the season with the marque, though hasn't explained why, but has confirmed the British rider hasn't been dropped and remains its test rider. In his place will come ex-World Superbike rider and current Aprilia test rider Savadori,...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bradl claims he'll complete 2020 MotoGP season in...

Stefan Bradl claims he will see out the 2020 MotoGP season, meaning...
-3y from AutoSport.com

Nakagami to remain factory-contracted Honda rider...

Takaaki Nakagami will remain as a factory Honda-contracted rider for the...

Brivio: Suzuki “confident of good season, but...

Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio says his squad “didn’t expect” to...

Espargaro 'can't go faster' on current MotoGP Aprilia

Aleix Espargaro says "it's not easy to be positive" as he...
-3y from AutoSport.com

Comments

comments powered by Disqus

2015 MGPToday.com
MGPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with MotoGP.