Aprilia have taken the lead in the record number of victories in the World Motorcycle Grand Prix Championships for a European manufacturer when Nico Terol won the 125 class at the last round of the MotoGP Championship Brno in Czech Republic.
Aprilia now has 276 victories, one ahead of previous record holder Augusta.
Aprilia made their racing debut in the 250cc category of the World Motorcycle Grand Prix Championships in 1985 and in the 125cc category in 1988.
The first victory came in 1987 with Loris Reggiani on board the Aprilia 250cc and was soon followed by their first 125cc victory in 1991 with Alex Gramigni. Once Aprilia tasted the sweetness of victory, they wanted more and in 1992 Gramigni took Aprilia to their first World Motorcycle Grand Prix Championships in the 125cc category, Max Biaggi soon followed in 1994 giving Aprilia their first championship in the 250cc category.
Today Aprilia‰Ûªs World Motorcycle Grand Prix Victory list is long with: 133 race victories in the 125cc category, 143 race victories in the 250cc category and 36 World Championships (18 Riders Championships and 18 Manufactures Championships).
Many of today's greatest Motorcycle Champions have made their d̩but to racing on Aprilia machines which they then went on to take to victory, the list includes: Max Biaggi, Loris Capirossi, Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner, Marco Melandri, Marco Simoncelli and current MotoGP championship leader Jorge Lorenzo.
Aprilia Racing boasts an overall winning record of 43 world championship titles which are added to the 36 World Motorcycle Grand Prix Championships with 7 Championships in the off road disciplines.
Today Aprilia are also involved in the World Superbike Championship with the RSV4, which Max Biaggi has already ridden to nine victories in this 2010 season and currently leads both the rider championship rankings and the manufacturer standings.
Aprilia is also involved in the motorcycle rally disciplines where the RXV 450 two cylinder made its d̩but with a fantastic third place in the Dakar in 2010 and then dominated the recent Tunisia Rally.
