Aprilia has not yet announced or given any hints about how the 2025 MotoGP season will unfold in terms of its use of wildcards, and Lorenzo Savadori explains that news may be coming soon. The correct use of his race entries is crucial, especially because they are important opportunities for bike development.
The Noale manufacturer’s test rider was asked by GPOne if he will be riding with the category’s main riders this year, and Savadori clarified that it is still something to be decided: ‘I have up to six available, but it will be discussed after the Sepang tests. It will be necessary to understand where the company considers it most appropriate to use them. Wildcards are crucial to develop the bike directly on the track’.
In a racing context, it is ideal to confirm some solutions, with Savadori even remembering his colleague and compatriot from Ducati, Michele Pirro: ‘To also tease Pirro who can’t do them? No, let’s say that competing in race mode is essential. On those occasions, I use a laboratory bike that helps us understand the direction to follow’.
This is a decisive year for Aprilia, which will have three completely new riders in its lineup, two in the factory team – world champion Jorge Martín – and Marco Bezzecchi, while also counting on Ai Ogura, a rookie, in the Trackhouse MotoGP team, paired with Raúl Fernández.