Paddock rumour has it that the Aspar Moto2 team might be switching their chassis supplier mid-season. After only two races riders Simon and Di Meglio seem to be rather unhappy with the performance of their current RSV chassis and the team is now allegedly considering a potential change. The main options would be Suter and [...]
It seems that Jorge Martinez’ efforts to work with the already produced Aprilia Moto2 chassis even after Aprilia announced their withdrawal from the class didn’t work out and the Aprilia project appears to be completely buried now. What is certain is that there will be no Aprilia appearing at the Valencia test on December 9th [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Before the final race of the season in Valencia we want to give you the current status of next year’s Aspar lineup. As previously reported, Nico Terol seems to have signed a deal with Aspar to ride in their 125cc squad next year and he will be joined by Bradley Smith. For the new Moto2 [...]
As the season comes to a close and most of next year’s MotoGP lineup is confirmed, journalists start to turn their attention to the contract developments in the small classes. With Mike Di Meglio and Julian Simon all but confirmed to run for the Aspar Moto2 squad next season, the next piece of the puzzle [...]
Reports in the Spanish press suggest that there is a distinct possibility for Hector Faubel to return to the ranks of the Aspar Team next season. The Spaniard has been a member of the Aspar squad since the beginning of his world championship career and joined Alvaro Bautista in the 250cc Mapfre Aspar Team last [...]