Bitter MotoGP rivals Aprilia and Ducati continued their feud at Mugello, where Aprilia won its first Italian Grand Prix and took its fifth victory from the first seven races of 2026. So what’s the beef between the two Italian brands?
Many fans complain that there are no more bitter rivalries in MotoGP, that the riders are all too chummy with each other, so the racing doesn’t quite have that burning edge it had when Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Márquez and others were slugging it out for glory.
There’s some truth to that. But what about the manufacturers?
