Aprilia to outsource WSB Team effort in 2002

Aprilia S.p.A. is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement which marks the end of the first stage in drawing up its Superbike sports programme for the forthcoming 2002 World Championship.

Aprilia is to entrust management of its official RSV Mille bikes to teams of the highest professional and technical level.

The first agreement of the 2002 season has been signed with Florence based FGF Corse, a world leader in motorcycle racing.

FGF Corse vast experience in racing and its prestigious prize record certainly make this a most auspicious omen for a year 2002 packed with success.

FGF Corse will enjoy the full support of the Aprilia Racing Department, which will be providing the finest materials and technology and it will benefit from all the latest technology as it becomes available throughout the season from the Noale Research and Development Centre.

This is thus a prestigious mission for FGF Corse, which has made a head start with an important and ambitious acquisition for 2002: that of the talented Japanese rider, Noriyuki Haga.

This is surely a sign that Aprilia is reducing their World SuperBike efforts in the aim of directing more resources, time and their best engineers to the 4-stroke GP project.