Editing Aprilia (section)

==Racing==
{{See also|Aprilia Racing}}
{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle team
| Short_name = Aprilia Racing
| Logo = Aprilia Racing Logo.svg
| Last_season = 2025
| Long_name = Aprilia Racing
| Base = [[Scorzè]], Italy
| Principal = [[Massimo Rivola]]
| Racing manager = Paolo Bonora
| Riders ='''MotoGP:'''<br/>1. [[Jorge Martin]]<br/>72. [[Marco Bezzecchi]]<br/>32. [[Lorenzo Savadori]] (test rider)
| Motorcycle = [[Aprilia RS-GP]]
| Tyres = [[Michelin]]
| Riders_champ = –
| team titles =
}}

Despite being a relatively small company by global motorcycling standards, Aprilia is very active in [[motorcycle sport]]s. 

Aprilia has contested many road racing formulae, including the now-defunct 125 cc,<ref name="Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix">{{Citation |first1=Dennis | last1=Noyes |year=1999 |first2= Michael |last2=Scott |title=Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix |publisher =Hazleton Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-874557-83-8 }}</ref> 250 cc and 500 cc<ref name="Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix" /><ref name="Oxley 2022 a787">{{cite web | last=Oxley | first=Mat | title=How Aprilia finally made it to the top of MotoGP | website=Motor Sport Magazine | date=April 4, 2022 | url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/motorcycles/motogp/how-aprilia-finally-made-it-to-the-top-of-motogp/ | access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref> [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] classes of [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] World Championships. 

Aprilia have also been in and out of the [[MotoGP]] and [[Superbike World Championship]] - as a factory team<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLaren |first=Peter |date=29 April 2021 |title=Official: Aprilia gets Factory grid places for MotoGP 2022 |url=https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/976219/1/official-aprilia-gets-factory-grid-places-motogp-2022 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2021 |website=Crash.net |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429113714/https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/976219/1/official-aprilia-gets-factory-grid-places-motogp-2022 |archive-date=2021-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=Jorge Martin to join Aprilia Racing in 2025 on a multi-year deal |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2024/06/03/jorge-martin-to-join-aprilia-racing-in-2025-on-a-multi-year-deal/www.motogp.com/en/news/2024/06/03/jorge-martin-to-join-aprilia-racing-in-2025-on-a-multi-year-deal/500764 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=The Official Home of MotoGP |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-23 |title=#GrazieCapitano: Aleix Espargaro announces retirement in Barcelona |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2024/05/23/graziecapitano-aleix-espargaro-announces-retirement-in-barcelona/www.motogp.com/en/news/2024/05/23/graziecapitano-aleix-espargaro-announces-retirement-in-barcelona/499060 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=The Official Home of MotoGP |language=en}}</ref> and a constructor, having partnered with [[Gresini Racing]] (from 2015<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aprilia Introduces 2015 MotoGP Team |url=https://www.cycleworld.com/sport-rider/aprilia-introduces-2015-motogp-team/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Cycle World |language=en}}</ref> to 2021) and [[Trackhouse Racing]] (since 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=motogp.com |date=2023-12-05 |title=Trackhouse Racing lands in MotoGP™ |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2023/12/05/trackhouse-racing-lands-in-motogp/486538 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=The Official Home of MotoGP |language=en}}</ref> - alongside other commitments.

=== Riders' championships ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Class
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| {{MGP|1992}}
| rowspan="2" | 125cc
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Gramigni]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Aprilia RS125R]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{MGP|1994}}
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kazuto Sakata]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 250cc
| rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Max Biaggi]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Aprilia RSV 250]]
|-
| {{MGP|1995}}
|-
| {{MGP|1996}}
|-
| {{MGP|1997}}
| rowspan="2" | 125cc
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Aprilia RS125R]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{MGP|1998}}
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kazuto Sakata]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 250cc
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Loris Capirossi]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Aprilia RSV 250]]
|-
| {{MGP|1999}}
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
|-
| {{MGP|2000}}
| rowspan="2" | 125cc
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Locatelli]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Aprilia RS125R]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{MGP|2002}}
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Arnaud Vincent]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 250cc
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Melandri]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Aprilia RSV 250]]
|-
| {{MGP|2003}}
| {{flagicon|San Marino}} [[Manuel Poggiali]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{MGP|2006}}
| 125cc
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Álvaro Bautista]]
| [[Aprilia RS125R]]
|-
| 250cc
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Jorge Lorenzo]]
| [[Aprilia RSV 250|Aprilia RSW 250]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{MGP|2007}}
| 125cc
| {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Gábor Talmácsi]]
| [[Aprilia RS125R]]
|-
| 250cc
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Jorge Lorenzo]]
| [[Aprilia RSV 250|Aprilia RSA 250]]
|-
| {{MGP|2009}}
| rowspan="2" | 125cc
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Julián Simón]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Aprilia RS125R|Aprilia RSA 125]]
|-
| {{MGP|2011}}
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Nicolás Terol]]
|}

=== Manufacturers' championships ===
* '''250cc class'''
** 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
* '''125cc class'''
** 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011

===Superbike World Championship (SBK)===
[[File:Max 02.jpg|thumb|Aprilia RSV4 Factory race bike]]

Aprilia entered the Superbike World Championship in [[1999 Superbike World Championship|1999]] using a homologation special version of their V-twin road bike [[Aprilia RSV Mille|RSV Mille]]. 

They were third in the riders' championship in [[2000 Superbike World Championship|2000]] with rider [[Troy Corser]], and third in manufacturers' points and fourth in rider points both in [[2001 Superbike World Championship|2001]] with Corser and in [[2002 Superbike World Championship|2002]] with [[Noriyuki Haga]]. Aprilia retired from the series at the end of that season.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

In February 2008, Aprilia debuted a V-4 [[sport bike|superbike]], the [[Aprilia RSV4|RSV4]], for the [[2009 Superbike World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2008-02-25 |title=Soup :: Aprilia Debuts V-4 Superbike Due In WSBK Next Season :: 02-25-2008 |url=http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Feb/080225a.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610213201/http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Feb/080225a.htm |archive-date=2011-06-10 |access-date=2010-11-06 |publisher=Superbikeplanet.com}}</ref>
[[File:Biaggi RSV4.jpg|thumb|upright|Max Biaggi rides the RSV4]]
Aprilia won its first Superbike world championship in [[2010 Superbike World Championship|2010]] with [[Max Biaggi]], claiming both the riders and the manufacturers titles.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

====Riders' championships====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| {{SBK|2010}}
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Max Biaggi]]
| [[Aprilia RSV4|Aprilia RSV4 1000]]
|-
| {{SBK|2012}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Aprilia RSV4|Aprilia RSV4 Factory]]
|-
| {{SBK|2014}}
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sylvain Guintoli]]
|}

====Manufacturers' championships====
* [[2010 Superbike World Championship|2010]], [[2012 Superbike World Championship|2012]], [[2013 Superbike World Championship|2013]], [[2014 Superbike World Championship|2014]]

===SuperMoto World Championship===
[[File:Vdb.jpg|thumb|Thierry Van Den Bosch riding the SXV 450 in 2006]]
Aprilia debuted in the FIM [[Supermoto]] World Championship in 2004 and since then it has won many titles in both S1 and S2 classes.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

====Riders' championships====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Class
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| 2004
| rowspan="2" | S2
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jerome Giraudo
| rowspan="2" | [[Aprilia RXV/SXV|Aprilia SXV]] 450
|-
| 2006
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Van Den Bosch
|-
| 2011
| S1
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Adrien Chareyre
| [[Aprilia RXV/SXV|Aprilia MXV-S]] 450
|}

====Manufacturers' championships====
* S2 class: 2006, 2007
* S1 class: 2008, 2011

=== Motocross World Championship ===
Aprilia made their international racing debut in the [[Motocross World Championship]] competing in the 125cc class from [[1976 FIM Motocross World Championship|1976]] until 1981 with a best result being a fifth place in the [[1979 FIM Motocross World Championship|1979]] season with rider Corrado Maddi.<ref>{{cite web |title=1979 125cc motocross world championship final standings |url=http://www.memotocross.fr/maison/chambres/index.php#0440929e3e0cfa101 |access-date=3 February 2016 |publisher=memotocross.fr}}</ref>