The plan is that on Monday after the 2024 Jerez MotoGP race weekend, Aprilia will let Raul Fernandez taste the 2024 Spec Aprilia RSGP motorbike for the first time. In general, from now until the Jerez MotoGP, the motorbike that Raul will use is the RSGP 23, which incidentally has many differences compared to the RSGP 24 However, in the middle of the season, Raul was promised that he would get an upgrade from RSGP 23 to ‘RSGP 24’. .
We deliberately put the apostrophe ‘RSGP 24’, which means it is not really RSGP 24. This is because basically, Raul is not allowed by the regulations to use a Full Spec RSGP 24 motorbike engine for the remainder of the 2024 season. This is because at the start of the season he only homologated the RSGP 23 Engine for use in 2024. . and the engine that he has homologated cannot be replaced unless, for example, he moves to the Aprilia Factory Team which, like it or not, has to use the latest engine specs.
However, in the middle of next year, we will very likely be able to see the physical appearance of the RSGP 24 on the motorbike used by Raul, especially if the mounting of the RSGP 23 engine is the same as the mounting of the RSGP 24 engine to the chassis. . This means that Raul could have used the Aero RSGP24 (because of regulations to get the Aero Fairing Update once), the chassis, swingarm and suspension combined with the RSGP 23 engine.
Now the question remains, since he cannot use the 2024 engine for the rest of the 2024 season, why is it important for Raul to try out the 2024 motorbike specs and the 2024 engine? Is it just for the sake of feedback and data for Aprilia?
