Termas de Río Hondo, the circuit that just a year ago had given us the greatest joy, with the first MotoGP victory in Aprilia’s history, this year first disappointed us – in Friday’s free practice – and then left us with race results far from the high expectations that all of us racers had.
In Argentina our guys showed up fully charged. On the mark, focused, and very fast, in Friday’s free practice Aleix and Maverick scored a one-two that had never before been achieved by Aprilia: first and second, respectively, in P1 and also in P2, and the number 12 and 41 RS-GPs really seemed ready to give us a weekend of glory…