With one rider confirmed at Aprilia for the 2025 season – Jorge Martín – three RS-GPs remain to be allocated. Two of them are from the Trackhouse Racing satellite team, which currently includes Miguel Oliveira and Raúl Fernández. So far, neither of them has shown clearly convincing performances and results to renew, although the Noale manufacturer is confident in the potential of both.
Massimo Rivola, CEO of Aprilia Racing, was asked if the choice of Trackhouse riders will be joint with the manufacturer, to which he replied: ‘This is interesting. We are discussing with Davide. We are, let’s say, very aligned – Davide [Brivio, Trackhouse team principal] and myself. And we also have the same feelings about the riders. I think Trackhouse has a bright future because they are also moving on the technicians market for next years. They will chose the riders; obviously I will say what I think about that’.
Aprilia’s Italian leader stressed that Oliveira and Fernández are good riders: ‘They currently have good riders, still I think they didn’t show all the potential they have. And we’ll see. When they chose, let’s see if this will be through us or not’.
What won’t be decisive in the choice is Trackhouse’s speculated desire to have an American rider in an American team as early as 2025: ‘I don’t think that will be the case, since the market now can offer us very good riders. I think in an interview Davide said that is not the case for Trackhouse to get junior riders to grow for Aprilia Racing. And I agree; I think we should now go to the mark, that is quite fast – and we showed that is fast – choosing the best possible riders for the four bikes’, Rivola said.