In the first year that it had a satellite team in MotoGP, Aprilia provided last year’s bikes to the RNF MotoGP Team. Now, in 2024 the satellite team is succeeded by Trackhouse Racing, which is working towards securing two current RS-GP bikes for next year.
This was revealed by owner Justin Marks to the SPEEDWEEK.com website, emphasizing that having four identical bikes would benefit Aprilia’s program: ‘I am striving to get material from 2024. I want our two riders to have the same equipment that Maverick [Viñales] and Aleix [Espargaró] have. That would help the entire Aprilia effort. We don’t want to do this on the cheap. We want to leave a good impression, be a strong customer team and work closely with the factory. We want to see the path through to the end. Under different circumstances, we wouldn’t have entered at all‘.
Trackhouse Racing will have Miguel Oliveira and Raúl Fernández as riders. Marks hopes to be able to be close to the factory team: ‘We decided to make a financial investment here, and we want to take advantage of this opportunity. If we do it reasonably and stay close to the factory team, it helps everyone: our sponsors and partners. That is our plan 100 percent‘.
