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title: "Aprilia unveil spectacular new livery for 2017"
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author: "Lewis Duncan"
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published: "2017-03-03T13:19:53Z"
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# Aprilia unveil spectacular new livery for 2017

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini has unveiled a striking new livery design which Aleix Espargaro and Sam Lowes will carry on their RS-GP in 2017.

The Noale factory enters the third season of its return to the MotoGP World Championship with their sights set high, after a positive year of development in 2016 netted them 16 top 10 finishes courtesy of Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista.

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Aprilia’s new livery is a massive departure from its traditional colours, with a rather patriotic red, white and green scheme replacing the standard red and grey of previous seasons.

After two seasons with Suzuki, Aleix Espargaro switches to Aprilia for 2017. The Spaniard’s experience in MotoGP will surely help the Italian marque to further develop the RS-GP, and a positive pre-season so far has the Spaniard confident of good results this year.

“I am happy to unveil the new livery that we will use this year. It is always nice to officially launch a new project, especially because I have great confidence in Aprilia Racing and the team’s work,” Espargaro said during the team’s launch event in Italy today.

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“It will definitely be a good season. We still have a lot to improve, but we have undoubtedly gotten off on the right foot. We are keen to grow. We have specific goals and in order to achieve them, both the team and I will put all of our energy onto the track. All that’s left now is to take on the first race in Qatar and see where we stand against our rivals.

Making his premier class debut this season, Sam Lowes is extremely confident of being able to score points straight away after putting in some highly encouraging performances on the 2016 RS-GP in testing.

The 2013 World Supersport champion joined the Gresini fold in Moto2 last season in preparation for his MotoGP debut, and even caught the eye of a certain Casey Stoner during a private test at Misano midway through last year.

“First of all, I am happy to be part of this big family with such a strong bond to racing, with a prestigious history of success like Aprilia Racing. I can’t wait to get back on the track in Qatar,” said Lowes.

![Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmotorsport.com/readmotorsport/2017/03/635363574.jpg)

“I think that I was able to express about 85% of our potential in the winter tests and from the first race I would like to identify a good base to build on, improving step by step all the way to Valencia.

“We are setting our sights on the points zone straight away and then aiming for the top 10 and to battle for some important MotoGP placements. I believe in myself and I fully believe in the potential of my bike and my team.”

The Aprilia duo will join the rest of the paddock in Qatar next weekend for three final days of testing before the season gets under way on March 23.