With Marco Bezzecchi’s win on Sunday at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, the 2025 MotoGP season came to an end. This was a year which represented a historic chapter for Aprilia Racing as the most victorious ever.

One of the undisputed protagonists of this season was Marco Bezzecchi. In his first season astride an Aprilia, the Italian rider tackled an early stage of adaptation to the RS-GP25, followed by constant growth with a turning point at the Jerez tests. From that moment on, Bezzecchi developed a solid feeling with the Aprilia, becoming one of the most competitive riders in the championship. The spoils of his year are extraordinary with 3 wins in the long races (Silverstone, Portimão, and Valencia), 3 wins in the sprint races (Misano, Mandalika, and Phillip Island), a total of 15 podiums in all, and 5 pole positions (Austria, Misano, Mandalika, Portimão, and Valencia). These results allowed him to finish out the championship season in third place with 353 points, the best result an Aprilia Racing rider has ever had in their history in MotoGP.

On the other side of the box, Jorge Martín had a difficult season marked by a series of injuries – first in the Sepang tests, then during training, and after that, in the long race in Qatar, and then in the Motegi sprint race. Returning for the final race in Valencia after more than a month and a half of downtime, he tackled the weekend with the goal of refamiliarizing himself with the RS-GP25. On the upside, the tests in Valencia ended with positive sensations and with a determination to begin a new chapter.

Kudos to Lorenzo Savadori, test rider and key man on the team who, subbing for Martín, transformed every weekend into a chance to develop, fine tune, and improve the RS-GP25. This work is out of the spotlight, but fundamental and contributed decisively to consolidating Aprilia Racing among the protagonists of MotoGP.

Trackhouse MotoGP Team contributed greatly with Raúl Fernández and Ai Ogura. The Japanese rider, in his MotoGP rookie year, completed a path of consistent growth, demonstrating tangible progress throughout the entire season.

Raúl Fernández, on the other hand, had his most significant year yet since his début in MotoGP. He finished third in the Mandalika sprint race, taking his first ever MotoGP podium. This result was followed up by a second-place finish in the Phillip Island sprint race and then – the very next day – Aprilia Racing’s 300th win in FIM Grand Prix World Championship history. He then achieved a historic one-two in Valencia, finishing second behind Bezzecchi. This was the second MotoGP one-two for the Noale-based manufacturer after the one in Barcelona in 2023.

These results reflect the strength of Aprilia Racing’s technical design and the work everyone has done in Noale. The 2025 season ended with a prestigious second place in the Manufacturers Championship at 418 points, an extremely important milestone for the MotoGP project. The season will also be remembered for a moment that went straight into the annals of the manufacturer from Noale. In the Australian Grand Prix, on the iconic Phillip Island Circuit, Trackhouse MotoGP’s Raúl Fernández took Aprilia Racing’s win number 300 in FIM Grand Prix World Championship. This is a record – now up to 302 – which takes on an even more special value because it confirmed Aprilia Racing as the most victorious European manufacturer in FIM Grand Prix World Championship history.

Massimo Rivola: “It was an extremely thrilling season that we experienced under two aspects. On one hand, there were Jorge’s injuries, particularly serious, and on the other, Marco’s unstoppable growth. It was a season characterised by important numbers, including more than 400 points in the Manufacturers Championship, and one that lets us look forward to 2026 without making any secret of our goal: to battle for the title. I’d also like to thank Trackhouse MotoGP Team who contributed with their results to our technical and competitive growth. We know that our rivals are strong, but our desire to improve, cultivated thanks to Fabiano’s work and palpable in the air throughout Noale, will sustain us through a 2026 season as protagonists from the start. We can’t wait to get to Sepang to test the RS-GP26 which must be born as a winning bike.” 

MotoGP began the countdown to next season less than two days after the close of the 2025 campaign with a short afternoon of sunny testing work at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit. A condensed period of laps took place in Spain, in the wake of the Valencian Grand Prix. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pedro Acosta was the fastest KTM RC16 rider with the 5th best lap from the four-and-a-half-hour window and was a marginal 0.2 of a second from the top slot.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and Red Bull KTM Tech3 tested new hardware, chassis parts, some ergonomic changes and experimented further with aerodynamic profiles as Pedro Acosta, Brad Binder, Enea Bastianini and Maverick Viñales hurriedly moved through the agenda. The Valencian asphalt had been coated by a thunderstorm on Monday evening, so the morning hours were scrubbed as the track dried in the sunshine.
 
Once up to speed the quartet managed over 200 circulations. Behind Pedro’s 5th quickest chrono was Maverick in P6 (both riders less than a quarter of a second from P1), Brad in P9 and Enea in P17.
 
MotoGP next enters the limelight with the first official 2026 preseason test at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia from February 3-5 followed by the championship launch in Kuala Lumpur on February 6-7.

 
Pedro Acosta, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 5th: “We tried a lot of aero stuff and it was quite OK. Some things made the bike feel more complete because we know our strong points are strong and our weak points are weak and they helped with this. The guys now need to analyze the data with our comments. It was a mess not to ride this morning…but I think we are happy and we made priorities.”

 
Maverick Viñales, Red Bull KTM Tech3, 6th: “I think having some hours to recover on Monday was a good thing because today I rode in a totally different way. I’m happy and pleased about that because the effort I made this weekend had a benefit for the shoulder. I had much more flow and was competitive in more sectors. We had different aero options to test so we have an idea where to go and this was one of the keys from today; from what I understand all four riders like what we found so it makes life easier that we are going in the same direction. I tried different chassis and swingarm but could not put the whole pack together for a good lap-time at the end of the day but…it was very positive.”

 
Brad Binder, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 10th: “Really happy with the progress we were able to make because we squashed it into a half-day. The bike felt good and we tried a different seat unit that was more comfortable; the ergo was nice. We tried some more aero that gave me the feeling the bike was more balanced. The guys can go back and check the numbers and see where we go. A positive test.”
 

Enea Bastianini, Red Bull KTM Tech3, 17th: “We tried a new seat, which was quite different to what we had this year, and I think it has potential. I could only use it for two exits and the balance is not quite correct at the moment. The lap-time was the same as the old bike. A bit unlucky not to have more time on the track but we also tried some different fairings and we need to make a mix. I think our comments were the same for all the riders.”

 
Aki Ajo, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Manager: “We need to be happy about today because it did not start so well with the drying track. We had a decent afternoon and went through our test program. The homologation for the aero package means we had to start work quite early on this for the first races and we had some quite positive feedback from the options at hand. Next week we need to analyze everything and make our selection.”

Sebastian Risse, KTM Technical Director MotoGP: “Very productive but also very intense because we were cut short with track time. Luckily, we could use the rest of the day very well and our main focus were on items that we will have to homologate, so aerodynamics, and then on items we have to have ready for next season because it will be very tight between the next test and the first race. We had to decide on bigger hardware components and the options the riders had and we did this quite well. We know what we are looking for. We were able to make decisions that will prepare us well for Sepang.”
 

 
Valencia official test final times:

1. Raul Fernandez (ESP) Aprilia 1:29.373

2. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA) Aprilia +0.027

3. Alex Marquez (ESP) Ducati +0.084

5. Pedro Acosta (ESP) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +0.208

6. Maverick Viñales (ESP) Red Bull KTM Tech3 +0.247

9. Brad Binder (RSA) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +0.338

17. Enea Bastianini (ITA) Red Bull KTM Tech3 +0.918