Four of the top five in the championship are on Aprilia machinery, split across two teams that both have something to lose.
The factory squad has Jorge Martin on 240 and Marco Bezzecchi on 196 — 436 points between two riders who have finished first and second in the same race more than once this year.
Trackhouse has Ai Ogura on 195 and Raul Fernandez on 184, both of them now Grand Prix winners, and a one-two at Assen to point at. That is 379 points from a satellite operation.
Ten rounds remain, and at some point one of these four is going to be asked to finish behind another.
