"This will be an outstanding year for Aprilia and we will certainly have fun"
has been the lead RS-GP rider in the world championship standings, overcoming the likes of Scott Redding, Andrea Iannone and - for the past two seasons - Suzuki and Yamaha race winner Maverick Vinales.podium, GP victories and the world championship lead .
But momentum has swung spectacularly in favour of Vinales ever since, the younger Spaniard winning all three races he has finished: The Portimao Sprint, then a perfect COTA double this weekend. Espargaro Texan weekend, like Portimao, was more subdued, with a fifth place in the Sprint and seventh in the grand prix. After which he went straight to parc ferme to hug his victorious team-mate and declared 2024 will be an ‘outstanding’ year for the Noale factory:
Vinales’ charge has taken him to third in the early world championship standings, with Espargaro currently seventh.
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