Scott Redding will be riding with the VDS Marc Moto2 team for the next two seasons and took a superb 2nd place podium at Phillip Island, may get a once in a life time opportunity according to Italian website gpone.com because the 17 -year-old’s name has been linked with the first outing of Suter’s Moto1 bike at the post season test at Valencia.

The Suter machine which mounts a BMW S1000 RR engine is a prototype/production bike which is leaning heavily towards the new 2012 MotoGP rules that will finally see the return of the 1000cc displacement. A pair of these Suter Moto1 racers is estimated to cost between 400,000-600,000 euros, minus engines, but includes development during the season.

Eskil Suter said: “We decided for BMW’s S 1000 RR engine because it is an in-line four-cylinder configuration with dimensions quite similar to the current Honda CBR 600 RR that’s mounted on our Moto2 chassis and that simplified the design project.”

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Top Spanish manager Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez who has always been one of Aprilia’s top clients isn’t taking Aprilia’s pullout from Moto2 lying down and will be going to the Noale based company’s headquarters on Tuesday to find some sort of solution.

Aspar and several other teams were suddenly left with a chassis that they believed was almost ready as they were scheduled to test the new chassis next month, instead the Piaggio Group, who owns Aprilia, released a statement that they would not compete in Moto2.

“Honestly, the news of Aprilia’s withdraw was a big surprise” stated Martinez. “We believed the project was developing and wanted Aprilia for our arrival in Moto2, because there is no doubt the Italian brand has great experience in World Championships. Next Tuesday, Gino (Borsoi) and I will travel to Italy to meet with the leaders of Aprilia, and see if we can find a solution. If there isn’t one, we’ll immediately look at our other options. What is clear is that we’ll go with the most reliable project, because Julián and Mike, both 125cc World Champions, must have the best equipment to challenge for the title.
We also cannot let down the trust placed in us by our sponsors.”

The other options availabe to Aspar is Suter or Moriwaki. Suter will be supplying Hayate Racing, Racing Team Germany and Sprint Tecnology and Viessmann Kiefer Racing, while Moriwaki clients are G22 Racing Team, Honda Gresini and Matteoni Racing.

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