Aprilia Announces 2016 MotoGP Return

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Aprilia Announces 2016 MotoGP Return

At the 2013 EICMA exhibition in Milan, Italian motorcycle company Aprilia has announced that it will return to MotoGP in 2016. The Piaggio-owned marque withdrew from the sport in 2004 due to financial reasons, but came back last year offering its modified RSV4 machinery to a number of CRT teams.

"In 2016 Aprilia will return to MotoGP to win and match the success it had in Superbikes, Piaggio Chairman
Roberto Colaninno said. "We've got two years of work ahead of us for the technological development."

While its last season in MotoGP yielded little success, the Noale-based company has gone on to enjoy huge success in the World Superbike class, winning the 2009, 2011 and the 2013 Manufacturers titles. The 2014 WSBK season will see former MotoGP riders Marco Melandri and Sylvain Guintoli race for Aprilia, with the Italian already being rumoured to rejoin the premier class in 2016 with his new team.

Aprilia's comeback means MotoGP could potentially boast five factory teams in 2016, with Suzuki having confirmed to join Yamaha, Ducati and Honda on the grid in 2015.

2025 F1 Championship Standings (Final)

P	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lando Norris 🏆	McLaren	423
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	421
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	410
4	George Russell	Mercedes	319
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	242
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	156
7	Andrea Antonelli	Mercedes	150
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	73
9	Carlos Sainz	Williams	64
10	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	56
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	51
12	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	51
13	Oliver Bearman	Haas	41
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	38
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	38
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	33
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	33
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	22
19	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	19
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	0
21	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0

P	Team	Points
1	McLaren F1 Team 🏆	833
Poles: 13 Sprint wins: 3 GP wins: 14
2	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	469
Poles: 2 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 2
3	Oracle Red Bull Racing	451
Poles: 8 Sprint wins: 2 GP wins: 8
4	Scuderia Ferrari HP	398
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 1 GP wins: 0
5	Atlassian Williams Racing	137
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
6	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls	92
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
7	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	89
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
8	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	79
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
9	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	70
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
10	BWT Alpine F1 Team	22
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0

2025 MotoGP Championship Standings (Final)

P	Rider	Team	Points
1	Marc Marquez 🏆	Ducati Lenovo	545
2	Alex Marquez	Gresini Racing	467
3	Marco Bezzecchi	Aprilia Racing	353
4	Pedro Acosta	Red Bull KTM	307
5	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo	288
6	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Pertamina Enduro VR46	262
7	Franco Morbidelli	Pertamina Enduro VR46	231
8	Fermin Aldeguer	Gresini Racing	214
9	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha	201
10	Raul Fernandez	Trackhouse Racing	172
11	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM	155
12	Johann Zarco	Castrol Honda LCR	148
13	Luca Marini	Honda HRC Castrol	142
14	Enea Bastianini	KTM Tech3	112
15	Joan Mir	Honda HRC Castrol	96
16	Ai Ogura	Trackhouse Racing	89
17	Jack Miller	Pramac Racing	79
18	Maverick Viñales	KTM Tech3	72
19	Alex Rins	Monster Energy Yamaha	68
20	Miguel Oliveira	Pramac Racing	43
21	Jorge Martin	Aprilia Racing	34
22	Pol Espargaro	KTM Tech3	29
23	Takaaki Nakagami	HRC Team	10
24	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing	8
25	Augusto Fernandez	Yamaha Factory Racing	8
26	Somkiat Chantra	Idemitsu Honda LCR	7
27	Nicolò Bulega	Ducati Lenovo	2
28	Michele Pirro	Ducati Lenovo	0
29	Aleix Espargaro	HRC Team	0

P	Team	Points
1	Ducati Lenovo Team 🏆	835
Poles: 11 Sprint wins: 16 GP wins: 13
2	BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP	681
Poles: 1 Sprint wins: 3 GP wins: 4
3	Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team	493
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
4	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	462
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
5	Aprilia Racing	395
Poles: 5 Sprint wins: 3 GP wins: 3
6	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	269
Poles: 5 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
7	Trackhouse MotoGP Team	261
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1
8	Honda HRC Castrol	238
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
9	Red Bull KTM Tech3	213
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0
10	Honda LCR MotoGP	155
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 1
11	Prima Pramac Racing	125
Poles: 0 Sprint wins: 0 GP wins: 0