Aprilia teases Ducati with a bike sticker before Marco Bezecic wins the Italian Grand Prix.

It was almost a podium lockout, but Bagnaya stopped Trackhouse’s Ai Ogura in the final corner. Ducati They have won this race in each of the last four seasons, but Aprilia has dominated in their rivals’ backyard.

Aprilia Ducati has hinted that they are afraid of the aero of their bikes

Before the race, paddock reporter Matt Oxley A special sticker featuring Edvard Munch’s famous painting ‘The Scream’ has appeared on an Aprilia bike.

during vacation, Ducati pushed for the suspension of the Aprilia seat aeroBut the matter was tabled till 2027. It was no coincidence that the sticker was attached to the so-called ‘foot wing’.

The implication is effective that Ducati, the benchmark manufacturer in MotoGP since the start of the decade, is fearing Aprilia’s aerodynamic advances.

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For years, Ducati has been the most innovative team in the paddock, but Aprilia Now that mantle may have been taken up by technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini.

Bezeci now sits 17 points clear of Martin in the standings, with Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio 39 adrift in third. The Aprilia factory team is also running away with the teams’ championship.

They are now within 150 miles of the satellite team Trackhouse, who won the sprint race through Raul Fernandez. VR46 and Ducati placed third and fourth respectively.

The gap between the two brands in the constructs is 30 points. Aprilia won five of the first seven Grands Prix and scored 11 of a possible 21 podiums on Sundays.