Despite a successful start to the 2026 MotoGP season, tensions are said to be brewing between Trackhouse and Aprilia.
In the year Seven races into the 2026 campaign, the Apria leads with 329 points, winning five races and securing 10 podiums.
Trackhouse, the Aprilia Satellite team, is second on 179 points with two podium finishes in the opening seven rounds.
Last weekend, Raul Fernandez of Track House won the Sprint Ahead of Aprilia George Martin and VR46 rider Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Sunday Marco Bezzecchi of Aprilia won the Italian Grand PrixMartin second and Francesco Bagnaia third.
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Tensions between Trackhouse and Aprilia are ‘escalating’.
Despite a brilliant start to the 2026 MotoGP campaign, there are reports of friction between the two leading teams.
As he says Speed ​​weekTensions are ‘burning’ between them. Aprilia And Tracking house.
‘Interest’ in David Brivio has been suggested to be ‘somewhat stymied’ as he could soon leave.
Brivio is set to join Honda. In what has been described as a ‘key advisory’ role ahead of the 2027 season.
It is also known that a meeting was held far away from Brivio. Fernandes knocked Martin off his bike in Barcelona.A ‘clear explanation’ of how to behave during close combats with the previous one.
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The Aprilia rider was taken third by Fernández after the restart
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Following Saturday’s sprint race, Fernandes suggested in his post-race interview that he wasn’t ‘particularly enthusiastic’.
The 25-year-old said: “I think it was the most beautiful and at the same time the most difficult moment of my life at the tournament.
“In the last few weeks, with everything you read and see, it’s eventually difficult to get in. You can see that it’s not easy. After the sprint victory on Saturday, after the checkered flag, I cried for the last time.
“I know I will be riding for Trackhouse until the end of the year. The main thing is to have fun and fight. My family and I are at peace with myself after Saturday’s Mugello.”
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