[Moto] Is it a motorcycle? It is a plane? No, it is the revolutionary fairing of the Aprilia MotoGP in the Montmeló tests

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Aprilia's revolution in MotoGP has only just begun. If the progression of the Noale brand so far this season has already been impressive, after what we have seen in the tests after the Catalan Grand Prix, the rest of the brands could start to tremble. There are many ideas left in Noale.

 

Aprilia has appeared in the tests of Barcelona-Catalunya with a totally unusual new fairing. It has a step in the middle of it, making the lower area much wider than the upper one. A concept that is more reminiscent of airplanes than a MotoGP bike. Aerodynamics continues to make its way in the world championship.

Aprilia has also released a tail in Barcelona

 

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Aprilia's new fairing is one of the things never seen before in MotoGP. The fairing tapers at the top with a pronounced step, and within that step some other aero entry can be seen. A tremendously worked project that scares the MotoGP paddock.

 

First impressions suggest that this care has a double intention. I would not only look for the motorcycle to benefit from the passage of outside air, but also from the inside. By modifying the flow of air that passes inside the bike, and changing its direction, Aprilia would like to find more performance.

 

In addition, it is not the only novelty that Aprilia has presented here. Let us remember that in Mugello the brand's test driver, Lorenzo Savadori, made a 'wild card' in which he tested a mysterious rear wing of tiny dimensions. Well, in Montmeló the Italian brand has gone a step further.

Aprilia has been presented at the tests in Barcelona with a wavy rear tail, very different from the one used during the Grand Prix. We don't know if they weren't convinced by the Savadori test at Mugello or if they directly want to try another way of generating downforce at the rear.

 

Since it presented the revolutionary Aprilia RS-GP 2020, the Noale brand has done nothing but progress, until it is now leading the teams' world championship and with Aleix Espargaró being the main, and almost only, alternative to Fabio Quartararo in the riders' general standings. . 22 points separate them.

Despite the complaints of some brands, it seems that the aerodynamic drift of MotoGP continues its course. The pique in this sense between Aprilia and Ducati is maximum. Not only because they are both Italian manufacturers, but because Ducati took Gigi Dall'Igna, the genius of aerodynamics, from Aprilia. Without him, and with Formula 1 personnel, Aprilia is already arriving.

 

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