1000 RSV4 - Biaggi - World Champion

The ambitious Aprilia RSV4 project started in the SBK 2009 season. Alongside the commercial launch of the RSV4 was a revolutionary supersport bike featuring a highly evolved 1000 cc, 60° V4 engine, with which Aprilia Racing planned to return to the Superbike championships. Aprilia entrusted the project to driver Max Biaggi, who returns to Noale twelve years after his last title in 250; he was joined by Shinja Nakano, from Japan. The year of the debut marked a continuous growth of the bike, and the first success on the BRNO track. Another eight podiums were added to that victory, in witness of the value of the project as well as the driver. But it was in 2010 that the masterpiece was completed: the RSV4 and Max Biaggi, who started the season with the intent to continue the growth trend in the first championship, find themselves battling for the top position. After a series of exciting successes, Max Biaggi became the SBK World Champion, and the first Italian to win this title. Aprilia is Constructors' World Champion. This triumph marks the beginning of a long series of victories: Biaggi won the championship in 2012, and the RSV4 earned the Constructors' Championship in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, a new championship arrived with Sylvain Guintoli and the third consecutive Constructors' Championship, demonstrating an indisputable technical superiority. For the Aprilia RSV4, it is the third double win in the world championship after those of 2010 and 2012. Seven World Championships, 44 victories, another 102 in the top three and 11 awards were earned at the SBK World Championships for one single bike, created to dominate on the track as well as on the road.