Stefan Bradl says he can feel a "clear difference" with Aprilia's 2016 MotoGP bike after wrapping up a three-day shakedown with the new machine in Qatar. The Italian marque returned to MotoGP as a factory team last year with Gresini Racing, which previously had raced in a long-term partnership with Honda since 1997. Alvaro Bautista, Aprilia's sole full-time rider of 2015, ended the season in 16th with two top 10 finishes, and he was joined by Bradl in the middle of the season. The duo used last year's bike in the first pre-season test at Sepang, before skipping the more recent Phillip Island test altogether in favour of trying out the new bike in a separate test at Qatar....
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