Luca Cadallora admires the “smoothness” of the Aprilia RS-GP while braking in the corners, which he saw “less and less” than the Ducati GP26 in the first three rounds of 2026.
Aprilia 2026 has started. MotoGP season As a team to beat, which Ducati Michelin initially hoped for a heavy tire offering in Thailand and Brazil. The United States Grand Prix, however, proved the RS-GP to be the best bike on the grid so far.
Ducati bosses Luigi Daleigna and Davide Tardozzi thought the Aprilia RS-GP was overrated. Because the bikes of their Italian rivals in Buriram and Goiania were better equipped for the Michelin heat-treated rear tire. However, a return to standard tires at COTA showed that the Desmosedici GP26 was just lacking.
Aprilia rider Marco Bezecchi The season-long record-breaking streak continued in Texas, as the first-time championship leader went on to lead every Grand Prix. VR46 ace Fabio Di Giannantonio was the top Ducati at COTA, P4, 6.972s shy of Bezzecchi.
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Luca Cadallora sees Aprilia RS-GP’s efficiency with braking ‘less and less’ on Ducati GP26
Even the Aprilia took a one-two finish at COTA, as Bezecchi won the United States GP by beating George Martin. as well as, Martin won the COTA Sprint And Trackhouse pilot Ai Ogura looked set for a podium at the United States GP in the RS-GP, but retired with engine trouble.
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Cadallora believes the Aprilia RS-GP’s agility under braking is one of its best features, and Ducati has enjoyed it in previous years. The GP26 doesn’t seem as easy to manage as the RS-GP yet in 2026, which makes its riders struggle even more.
“I think it’s like a motorcycle that doesn’t leak,” Cadallora explained. Moto.it. “When you release the brake, it slows down and doesn’t have smoothness.
“One thing I see with Aprilia and the Yamaha M1 as far back as I’ve ever known, is that there are bikes where you don’t feel the smoothness of braking when you lean in. That’s something I’ve seen less and less of in Ducati since 25.”
“Let me try to explain. There are bikes that go around corners and other bikes that you can’t see. You have to fight them, because they want to go straight. You force them to turn, and I’ve never liked these bikes.
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Ducati takes that Aprilia bike’s brakes and corners better. Instead of GP26 after the first three rounds of the season. The natives of Borgo Pangale were defeated by their Noale rivals in the year They noted that they made progress at the end of 2025, which Aprilia improved only at the beginning of 2026.
Now Bezechichi leads. Martin At the April break, he was the top Ducati rider by just four points in the riders’ standings, 31 points clear of Di Gianntonio. factory ace Mark Marquez After three races it is the second best Ducati, but leads Bezecchin by 36 points.
That was part of the problem for Ducati. Marquez’s continued recovery from a shoulder injuryHe needed surgery in October. The reigning champion couldn’t drive the GP26 as naturally as he wanted, which further limited what he could achieve.
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