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After ending the very first day of action on top of the timesheets and qualifying on fifth place on the grid the following day, Max Biaggi scored two impressive sixth-place finishes on race day at Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli”. Despite the long absence - the last event of his full-time carrer was in Magny-Cours, 2012 – the 43-year-old Italian showed great speed on the race distance and was able to challenge some of the current top riders in the series.

“I'm happy with this weekend. Everything went well and we didn't make any mistakes. Once again I'd like to thank the Piaggio Group, Aprilia and the guys from Noale who helped me take perfect advantage of this fantastic opportunity.
Race 2 went better than the first. I finished about 5 seconds behind the winner, which is really not much at all."

Despite feeling he could have been a bit more incisive, Biaggi now is fully aware of the level of the competition; he is now looking forward to racing at Sepang, where he reckons he will be able to display his and the bike’s full potential.

“It's a shame about the first laps, when you find yourself following from behind it's always a struggle” the six-time World Champion continued. “I am still unable to take full advantage of the tyres straight away, whereas from mid-race I felt fast but struggling to overtake I lost a few tenths every lap. This type of return is definitely not easy, but it was a great weekend, tackled with a different spirit than someone who races full time in the championship. Now I'm hoping for the cherry on the top: Sepang. This round was sort of a running-in and we can consider it to be truly satisfactory. Next time we'll be able to do well.”