Stefan Bradl confirmed on Aprilia MotoGP for remainder of 2015 season
Twenty-five year old German rider Stefan Bradl, 2011 Moto2 World Champion, will take part in the remaining nine 2015 MotoGP World Championship races astride the second Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP alongside Alvaro Bautista.
Bradl takes the seat vacated by the unceremonious split with the under-performing Marco Melandri. Bradl released from his Forward Yamaha contract recently after the team entered financial difficulties.
Bradl will make his first appearance on the Aprilia RS-GP at the Indianapolis Grand Prix scheduled from 7 to 9 August.
Born in the Bavarian city of Augusta on 29 November 1989, Stefan Bradl made his debut in World Championship Motorycle racing in the 125cc category in 2005.
In 2008 he took two wins and finished the season fourth in the overall standings.
In 2010 he moved to Moto2, a category where he would be crowned World Champion the following year thanks to four wins.
His rookie year in MotoGP came in 2012 astride a Honda, a bike that Bradl raced for another two seasons, taking a second place finish in the 2013 United States Grand Prix as his best result.
This season Bradl has participated in the first eight Grand Prix races on the calendar astride the Forward Racing team Open class Yamaha, earning nine points.
A fractured scaphoid in his right wrist suffered during the Dutch GP at Assen forced him to miss his home race at Sachsenring on 12 July.
