Marco Bezzecchi<\/a> winning the British Grand Prix.<\/p>\nBezzecchi also pushed Marquez hard at the Dutch Grand Prix, narrowly missing the win at Assen, and was his nearest rival in the Czech Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
At the summer break, Aprilia is second in the manufacturers\u2019 table and has proven to be a consistent top five challenger.<\/p>\n
With Aprilia\u2019s factory team now at full strength again with the return of Jorge Martin, Rivola is confident that the Italian brand can beat Marquez in the coming races.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe changes in the team were made to fight for the titl, so we’re clearly not where we wanted to be,\u201d he said at Brno.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, I can say that we have some mitigating factors.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my opinion, we’ll see Aprilia’s value from September onwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t think Jorge will take many races to get back to fighting for the podium.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn’t to take credit away from Marco, who’s done an exceptional job.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we’re here, it’s thanks to him and [Lorenzo] Savadori.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we’re fighting with Marquez, who’s riding a Ducati that seemed unbeatable,\u00a0I’m convinced we can beat him too, who’s riding a Ducati.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t think we’re too far away, especially on certain tracks.<\/p>\n
\u201cA key track will definitely be Austria, which isn’t one of ‘our’ tracks.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing how Marco is riding and how the bike adapts to different tracks, I can only be optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n
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