The Aprilia MotoGP team will introduce a seamless gearbox for the first time at this weekend's race at Mugello in a bid to boost its competitiveness. It has been a difficult season for the Italian manufacturer on its return to the premier class after a decade-long absence, its best results so far in 2015 a trio of 15th place finishes for Alvaro Bautista. But Aprilia is hopeful of a step forward for its home round at Mugello as it introduces a fully seamless gearbox its pair of RS-GP machines for the first time, following a successful test of the technology – pioneered by Honda in 2011 – at Jerez earlier in the month. "At Mugello we'll be taking a lot of technical changes onto the...
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