Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’ has spoken with motogp.com about his MotoGP venture with rider Héctor Barberá…
“We haven’t set any goals from the outset, in terms of results, but things are going well, better than I expected,” Martínez said. “We must take it step by step, continue working hard and when we have the first race we [...]
The Jerez circuit has dedicated a turn to former rider and current Team Manager, Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’. Pilar Sánchez, Mayoress of the Andalusian city, made the announcement in Madrid during the launch event of the Jerez Grand Prix.
The four-time World Champion and manager of Team Aspar was present along with two Aspar riders – Julian [...]
The Mapfre Aspar Team has announced that it will contest the first Moto2 World Championship season with an RSV chassis, having signed a one-year deal with the Italian firm.
After three days of testing last December, in which team riders Julián Simón and Mike di Meglio tried five different bikes, the team has settled on the [...]
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 [...]
Last week Jorge Martinez announced he will travel to Italy and meet with Aprilia to talk about the cancelled Moto2 project. That meeting was scheduled for yesterday, but Aprilia has further delayed the talks with Aspar for Thursday.
In the meantime however Aspar sent sport director Gino Borsoi to the Noale factory early in order to [...]
Earlier this week Aprilia announced they would be stopping their Moto2 project for the 2010 season. The news was of great surprise to Team Aspar, who had expected the Italian brand to supply them with bikes for next season. Now, Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’, head of Team Aspar, and Gino Borsoi, Sporting Director, will travel to [...]
Aprilia has officially confirmed that it has abandoned its Moto2 project.
A statement by the Piaggio Group – owners of Aprilia – confirmed that the famous Italian constructor will not have a factory presence in the new Moto2 class, which replaces the 250cc World Championship from next season, or provide machinery for private teams to race [...]
It seems that Aprilia is about to withdraw from the Moto2 chassis project and instead focus on their current WSBK and a possible future MotoGP effort.
This would leave Aspar and four other Moto2 teams suddenly without a chassis supplier.
Jorge Martinez has been very critical about Aprilia’s plans, saying that it would be a mistake to [...]
The 2009 125cc World Championship runner-up Bradley Smith will remain with the Bancaja Aspar team in the single cylinder class next year following confirmation of his contract renewal from the Jorge Martínez-owned structure on Tuesday.
The team also officially announced the signing of Nico Terol for 2010, after the Spaniard impressed with his third place finish [...]
The FIM published the provisional entry list for the new Moto2 class yesterday, including the approved number of riders per team. If things stay like this there will be 23 teams with 37 riders next year, the official list will only be published in December.
There are 3 teams missing on the list which where initially [...]
