Aprilia Attack Albacete Italian manufacturer Aprilia will be well represented at this month’s Albacete 8 Horas Nocturnas round of the FIM World Endurance Championship. The Aprilia Motociclismo Test Team will make their 2005 permanent team debut at the Spanish night race. Their RSV1000 will be ridden by double world motocross champion and official factory Supermoto rider Frederic Bolley, official Aprilia factory test rider Fabrizio Pellizzon and Antonio Calasso, a journalist from leading Italian motorcycle magazine Motociclismo. Aprilia’s 1000cc 60-degree v-twin has earned an excellent reputation for reliability in endurance racing, and Calasso qualified in tenth place on the Motociclismo RSV at last year’s Vallelunga 200 round of the World Endurance Championship. Spanish wild-card entry Marcel Motorsport Box have also entered an Aprilia RSV1000, to be ridden by Alberto Martinez, Javier Delgado and Manel Segarra. The Aprilia Motociclismo Test Team are joining permanent teams representing Ducati (Spring Team) and MV Agusta (Burger King Lust) in challenging the big four Japanese factories. With a very varied roster of wild card machines expected over the course of the season, the World Endurance Championship remains the most technically diverse international championship; 13 manufacturers were represented in the series last year. The Albacete 8 Horas Nocturnas takes place on May 21st.