Joan Mir cites the reduced importance of rider input on corner exit plus electronically extended tyre performance for making overtaking more difficult in MotoGP.
While Alex Rins was celebrating a perfect end to Suzuki’s MotoGP presence with victory in the Valencia finale, team-mate Joan Mir’s time on the GSX-RR came to a more complicated end.
After becoming the first rider since Jack Miller to jump straight from Moto3 to MotoGP, Darryn Binder will migrate to another new class in the form of Moto2 next season.
Once back to full fitness, MotoGP rookie Remy Gardner plans to try the RC16 without traction control; 'I spoke to Dani [Pedrosa] about it and he said it’s possible, no drama.'
Casey Stoner believes asphalt runoff bordering the track creates more problems. Would like a 'big reduction' in MotoGP electronics; ' I want to see them sliding'
Pol Espargaro says high lean 'slide control' function should be added to MotoGP's unified electronics to avoid the kind of huge highside he suffered at Valencia.
Alex Rins' crew chief Jose Manuel Cazeaux explains why the biggest contribution made by MotoGP electronics is no longer in the areas of traction control or anti-wheelie but in understanding what is happening inside the bike.
MotoGP traction control has all-but-eradicated the brutal on-throttle highsides of the 500cc era, thus improving safety while allowing riders to tease the very limits of their tyres, for longer. But how does it work?
Since MotoGP winter testing, Valentino Rossi has repeatedly emphasised the need for Yamaha to improve acceleration via the electronics. "All the Ducatis are better in acceleration, because they are more in front compared to us in the electronics," the Italian said in February.
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and Riders' Safety Representative Franco Uncini met with all 17 MotoGP riders on Saturday evening in the Czech Republic to discuss 'how to increase safety, in particular on corners' in the 800cc era.
Dieter Gundel - as his name would suggest, Ferrari's electronics and control software engineer is another of the growing band of key international figures that have made the legendary Italian team so successful in recent years.