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The Aprilia-contracted engineer who was caught by Ducati – and screamed at by Davide Tardozzi – as part of a MotoGP bike scanning row is no longer affiliated with Aprilia..
Aprilia has decided to part ways with the engineer who was caught scanning Ducati’s MotoGP bike at the Red Bull Ring pitlane during the Austrian Grand Prix. This incident caused an uproar, particularly with Ducati’s team manager Davide Tardozzi expressing his anger. The engineer used a LiDAR camera on his iPad to scan the Ducati GP23, which was noticed during a public pitlane walk and eventually confronted by Tardozzi. Despite the common practice of examining rival bikes in the paddock, using devices for precise three-dimensional scans has been viewed as crossing a line. Following the breach of the unofficial agreement, Aprilia has reportedly terminated its relationship with the engineer, seeking to address the issue and appease Ducati. Both Albesiano and Tardozzi have expressed their discontent with the engineer’s actions and apologized for the incident.
