According to the Spanish sports website AS.com the Aspar team is close to announcing that they will be using the Italian-built RSV DR 600 to contest the inaugural Moto2 world championship in 2010. After evaluating the BQR Blusens, FTR,  Suter, Kalex and RSV bikes, the team had narrowed down the choice between the Kalex and the RSV. “Of all the bikes we tested,” Jorge Martinez told AS.com, “the Kalex and the RSV were the bikes we liked most.”

The decisive factor, however, was the difference in support that Aspar expected from the German and Italian manufacturers. “The decision will depend on the technical conditions, and Kalex has their close association with the Pons team going against them,” Martinez explained. “In contrast, RSV is just a manufacturer who can get fully involved with our team.”

At the Valencia Moto2 tests, Aspar’s potential Moto2 riders, Mike di Meglio and reigning 125cc World Champion Julian Simon, had tested a range of other Moto2 bikes, but up until the final days of 2009, Martinez had been hoping to strike some kind of deal with Aprilia to continue development of the existing bikes under the banner of the Aspar team. Once Piaggio CEO Roberto Colaninno vetoed that plan, Aspar had no choice but to try to make a choice from the other possible candidates.

Source: Motomatters