How good is the new Aprilia seamless shift MotoGP gearbox? According to Alvaro Bautista it is 'not far' from the standard-setting Honda version he raced for the previous two seasons. The Aprilia version - featuring both seamless upshifts and downshifts - was handed to Bautista for the first time during Monday's test at Jerez, when the Spaniard set an impressive eleventh fastest lap time. “I'm so happy with the first feeling because I rode with the Honda seamless and this is not too far from it,” he declared. “On downshift we have to improve a little bit, but to [upshift] on the straight is quite similar to Honda. “We have to improve in the braking because with the Honda it was...
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