Aprilia<\/a> boss Paolo Bonora says its data analysis from Malaysia showed that it reached the optimal set-up for its bike too late, while also blaming tyre choice for Bezzecchi\u2019s Sunday struggles.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was probably one our worst races during 2025,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTo be honest, we analysed the data very well at home, and it is quite clear to us that we arrived at the correct set-up of the bike too late.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably, we arrived only on Sunday with the correct set-up of the bike.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd also, to be very honest, after the race we understood that the choice of the [front] tyre was not the correct one because probably the correct choice was the soft.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut with the data we had until Saturday night, it was, for us, the best option.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith a deeper analysis that we did in the next days, we understood that probably with a different choice of tyres, Marco could have achieved a different race position.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Bonora added that the nature of the 2025 RS-GP means it takes longer for Aprilia to set up the bike on Fridays at some circuits, but this is overall better in preparing for races.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is something we have been asking all this year,\u201d he added, when pressed on why it took so long to get to a set-up at Sepang.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something that we understand that with the bike of this year, we suffer a little bit to set-up the bike in some circuits, but with the pro that we understand the race pace better.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, it\u2019s a different way of working, and we prefer this kind of result because we score many more points instead of being faster on Fridays.\u201d<\/p>\n
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