A lot of the talk heading to Portimao was about Aprilia finally deploying their new engine. However, for reasons yet to be revealed, the Noale factory delayed running their slightly improved RS-GP motor until the opening round of the season. Yet more innovation was spotted at Aprilia with several aero parts that will have no doubt caught the rest of the paddock off-guard. First, small winglets were attached to either side of the front forks. Sitting slightly further forward than where you’d expect usual sidepods to be, it remains to be seen if we’ll see this throughout the season.

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