Motorcycling, as we know, offers the opportunity to tell wonderful stories. Often and willingly embellished by strange temporal combinations and twists. Take the case of Lorenzo Savadori, expected in a few hours to return to the track in MotoGP with Aprilia. The 1993 native of Cesena will face the third (of three) wild card of the season at the iconic TT Circuit in Assen after Jerez de la Frontera and Mugello. A participation obviously aimed at the incessant development work of the RS-GP of the present and the future, no less full of meaning. The test rider of the Noale house will experience a special weekend, full of pleasant anniversaries.
A CAREER FOR AND IN THE NAME OF APRILIA
With the exception of the stint in the Red Bull Rookies Cup when he was just 14 years old and the four-year period 2011-14, in one way or another Aprilia has always accompanied (where possible) Lorenzo Savadori’s competitive journey. From the first triumphs in the Italian and European championships to the debut in the MotoGP with the “small” RS 125 R, passing through the 2015 title in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup with the RSV4-RF. Until his arrival in MotoGP with the official team on a rollercoaster path: initially as a substitute for Andrea Iannone, then promoted to full rider in 2021 and, from 2022 to this part, employed as a tester. An important career step also due to the convincing results obtained in the CIV Superbike.
WILD CARD WITH SPECIAL OCCASION
In 2020, in a season turned upside down by the pandemic emergency, Lorenzo Savadori broke the Ducati domination by Michele Pirro with the (controversial) debuting RSV4 1100. The then standard-bearer of Nuova M2 Racing monopolized the scene with six victories in eight some, giving Noale the first tricolor in history in the CIV Superbike. A disruptive roadmap for a triumph, albeit facilitated by the continuous misadventures of the Ducatista, built since the previous year with the “old” RSV4-WF. The double (the first of his career in the national top class) scored on the ups and downs of Imola on the weekend of 29-30 June 2019 effectively marked the path to the 2020 title. And, consequently, to the subsequent promotion to MotoGP. Five years later, he will face his personal third GP of 2024 in the Netherlands on the same days.
DUTCH COINCIDENCES FOR LORENZO SAVADORI
Speaking of Holland, and Assen in particular. The pleasant synchronisms certainly do not end here for Lorenzo Savadori. The legendary Drenthe circuit in fact reserves for him what remains his best ever placement in MotoGP: an eleventh position in the race “long” of 2023. When it comes to coincidences…
