Aprilia test rider Lorenzo Savadori finished the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix in 19th place. While number 32’s in-race pace didn’t give viewers pause for thought, his RS-GP's special livery certainly made waves. For long-established Grand Prix fans and Aprilia die-hards especially, the tri-colored paint scheme probably looks familiar.
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, the Noale factory obliterated the 125cc and 250cc GP categories. Over a 20-year period, Aprilia snatched 19 riders' championships and 19 constructor crowns with the likes of Max Biaggi, Loris Capirossi, and Valentino Rossi at the controls. That lightweight- and intermediate-class dominance all started with Alessandro Gramigni’s 1992 125cc Grand Prix Championship.
