In a press conference that will take place this afternoon, in Mugello, the Noale brand will make official the continuity of its current pair of drivers.
Aleix Espargaró, who currently occupies the second position in the general table of the drivers’ standings, four points behind Fabio Quartararo, the leader, has been in negotiations with the Italian manufacturer since the second stop of the campaign, in Mandalika.
Despite achieving the best results for Aprilia in MotoGP, the salary reduction policy that has been established in the championship has been the main obstacle for the extension of the Catalan rider’s contract, which expired at the end of 2022, to materialize more agile.
Aleix Espargaró , who achieved his first victory in the heavy bike category in Argentina, has a string of four podium finishes in the last five appointments on the MotoGP calendar in 2022.
His new contract, valid for two years, will lead him to enter some two million euros in each of the two campaigns, after the variables obtained by results were also modified.
In the case of Maverick Viñales, the boy from Roses (Girona) will continue to wear the Aprilia suit for another year, after executing the renewal option that was already included in his first agreement with the Italian manufacturer, which he reached in the last stretch of last year, after a traumatic departure from Yamaha.
Maverick Viñales, Aprilia Racing Team
