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Lorenzo Savadori is back. Although still sore from the spectacular crash he took in the Assen Sprint Race, the Aprilia test rider has agreed to get back on the bike as a wild card at the Red Bull Ring to help the Noale-based manufacturer grow and set the stage for the coming year.
"I'm still not 100 percent. I did a few laps during testing two weeks ago, but not many because the blow I got in Holland was big since I broke four lumbar transverse processes and my ankle still has a big edema - said the Cesenate - This forced me to stay put for about thirty days, however, these are issues from which we recover, we just need patience. Did I talk to the team before returning? Yes, I felt like it and then it was important to ride here to continue to improve the bike."
On the subject of the RS-GP, the 31-year-old wanted to highlight the important steps forward that have already been made: "We have made several advances since 2023, especially in braking and more generally in qualifying and the Sprint Race. This is not really our circuit, so we will see if the growth is confirmed. I will once again be on a laboratory motorcycle with innovations that affect a little bit of all areas. Some things will be visible, others will not be possible to notice since they are internal. My goal remains to allow the bike to make progress, especially in view of the race, where we are still lacking and in view of 2025."
In this championship more than in recent ones, the lowerers (or shape shifters) are taking the lead, and at Zeltweg they play a very important role. "As far as we are concerned we have a toggle to turn them on and off. They are almost automatic movements. Of course, behind them there is a lot of work being crucial for performance," he explained.
Finally, regarding boss Massimo Rivola 's words about a change in the Friday working method to strengthen on Sunday, he said, "I don't know what Vinales and Espargaro will do. As tester I am on a different kind of program that does not consider pure performance. Certainly with the introduction of Sprint everything has become more hectic and the only real time to work is free practice 2."
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