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| 2024 name | Aprilia Racing |
|---|---|
| Base | Scorzè, Italy |
| Principal | Massimo Rivola |
| Racing manager | Paolo Bonora |
| Rider(s) | MotoGP: 12. Maverick Viñales 41. Aleix Espargaró 32. Lorenzo Savadori (test rider) |
| Motorcycle | Aprilia RS-GP |
| Tyres | Michelin |
| Riders' Championships | – |
Aprilia Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship.
Aprilia rejoined the MotoGP class in 2012, taking advantage of the newly introduced Claiming Rule Team category that encouraged independent teams with lower budgets to use bikes from manufacturers not officially involved in MotoGP. Aprilia supplied RSV4 SBK-derived bikes under the ART (Aprilia Racing Technology) name to Aspar Team, Paul Bird Motorsport and Speed Master teams. In both the 2012 and 2013 seasons Aprilia's ART machinery stood out as the best CRT bikes.[ citation needed ]
In 2015, Aprilia partnered with Gresini Racing as a factory-supported independent team. The team competed as the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini with an all-new 1000cc V4-engined RS-GP.[ citation needed ]
In 2022, Aprilia entered the series as an official factory team for the first time since 2004. [1] Their previously supported Gresini Racing team returned to a fully-independent team using Ducati bikes. Aprilia's factory team is named Aprilia Racing.
| Year | Class | Champion | Motorcycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 125cc |  Alessandro Gramigni | Aprilia RS125R |
| 1994 | 125cc |  Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia RS125R |
| 250cc | Max Biaggi | Aprilia RSV 250 | |
| 1995 | 250cc | Max Biaggi | Aprilia RSV 250 |
| 1996 | 250cc | Max Biaggi | Aprilia RSV 250 |
| 1997 | 125cc | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia RS125R |
| 1998 | 125cc | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia RS125R |
| 250cc | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia RSV 250 | |
| 1999 | 250cc | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia RSW 250 |
| 2000 | 125cc | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia RS125R |
| 2002 | 125cc |  Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia RS125R |
| 250cc | Marco Melandri | Aprilia RSV 250 | |
| 2003 | 250cc |  Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia RSV 250 |
| 2006 | 125cc |  Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia RS125R |
| 250cc | Jorge Lorenzo | Aprilia RSW 250 | |
| 2007 | 125cc |  Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia RS125R |
| 250cc | Jorge Lorenzo | Aprilia RSA 250 | |
| 2009 | 125cc | Julián Simón | Aprilia RSA 125 |
| 2011 | 125cc | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia RSA 125 |
| Year | Class | Team name | Bike | Riders | Races | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F. laps | Points | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MotoGP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | Maverick Vinales | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 11th |
| Aleix Espargaró | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 212 | 4th | ||||
| 2023 | MotoGP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | Maverick Viñales | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 204 | 7th |
| Aleix Espargaró | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 6th | ||||
| Lorenzo Savadori | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(12) | 24th | ||||
| 2024 | MotoGP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | Maverick Viñales | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 5th |
| Aleix Espargaró | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 8th | ||||
| Lorenzo Savadori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC* |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Motorcycle | Tyres | Riders | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Points | RC | Points | TC | Points | MC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | QAT | INA | ARG | AME | POR | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | RSM | ARA | JPN | THA | AUS | MAL | VAL | |||||||||
| Aprilia RS-GP | M | Aleix Espargaró | 4 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 212 | 4th | 334 | 3rd | 248 | 3rd | |
| Maverick Viñales | 12 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 122 | 11th | |||||||
| Lorenzo Savadori | Ret | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 0 | NC | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | POR | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | CAT | RSM | IND | JPN | INA | AUS | THA | MAL | QAT | VAL | |||||||||
| Aprilia RS-GP | M | Maverick Viñales | 25 | 127 | 4 | Ret7 | Ret9 | 12 | Ret | Ret7 | 53 | 68 | 23 | 56 | 88 | 199 | 24 | 11 | Ret | 11 | 46 | 104 | 204 | 7th | 410 | 5th | 326 | 3rd | |
| Aleix Espargaró | 96 | 15 | Ret4 | 5 | 58 | 68 | 169 | 34 | 15 | 97 | 11 | 128 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 8 | 85 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 206 | 6th | |||||||
| Lorenzo Savadori | 18 | 11 | 19 | 5 (12) | 24th | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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