Aprilia has emerged as Ducati’s most consistent challenger – some argue its equal – since the middle of the MotoGP season, but it took until the Portuguese Grand Prix for its factory team to score a 2025 Sunday victory entirely on merit.
Although Marco Bezzecchi won the British Grand Prix in May, that victory depended on Fabio Quartararo’s retirement from a comfortable lead. And while Raul Fernandez took the Australian Grand Prix in October, he was representing the independent Trackhouse team.
