{"id":1798,"date":"2016-06-26T09:05:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T07:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/en\/aleix-espargaro-aprilia\/"},"modified":"2016-06-27T11:08:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T09:08:10","slug":"aleix-espargaro-to-join-aprilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/en\/aleix-espargaro-to-join-aprilia\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleix Espargar\u00f3 To Join Aprilia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aleix Espargar\u00f3, Spanish rider born in Granollers on 30 July 1989, will ride an Aprilia RS-GP in the MotoGP World Championship. The agreement signed with Aprilia Racing is for two years, covering the 2017 and 2018 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing Espargar\u00f3 on board is part of Aprilia&#8217;s development plan &#8211; which aims for an increase in competitiveness, in line with the progress already demonstrated this year &#8211; and it reaffirms the Piaggio Group&#8217;s commitment to an excellent technological and sport project aimed at making the Aprilia brand a protagonist on the track and on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Aleix Espargar\u00f3 was the Spanish champion in the 125 category in 2004. After a series of placements in the 125 and 250 categories, in 2009 he made his d\u00e9but in the top class where he drew attention during the 2012 season astride the ART (the CRT bike developed by Aprilia Racing), finishing the season as the best rider in the category. This excellent result was repeated the next season as well, again on the ART &#8211; Aprilia Racing bike. 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