KTM’s Jack Miller testing aero: “We’re playing, literally, with thin air!”
KTM and Aprilia have caught the eye with th𝔍ei𝓰r bold aerodynamics at the MotoGP Sepang test
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller has offered insight into the aero testing that he has undertaken at the MotoGP Sepang test.
KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa ran with some eye-catching aero at the shakedown last week, and on the second day ꦐ(Wednesday) of the official test i𒊎n Malaysia, factory rider Miller’s bike was fitted with a similarly radical design.
KTM and Aprilia ha🧸ve both been noticeable for the bold aerodynamics on their bikes at the Sepang test.
Gresini Ducati’s Marc Marquez insisted that the💛 increasing impact of aero in Mot💯oGP was a negative which he did not like, comparing it to Formula 1.
Miller said after the se♉cond day of the Sepang test: “We’re playing, literally, with thin air here.
“They look radical and the changes look massive but, in alꦫl honesty, it’s not massively big changes.
“There are min♍ute ch𓄧anges here, there and everywhere.
“The th༺ing is… it affects the bike everywhere. Drive, on the maxi🎃mum lean angle, tipping the bike in, braking.
“There are so 🌳many variables that go into testing this stuff.
“That’s why it’s hard to nail together a decent package because there are so many variables betw🤡een items.
“You are trying to understand. That’s why we are so busy doing so many laps, trying to understand what we do and do not like, to piece it together properly.⛄”
He added about tr✱ialling the aero: “I feel, some🌌times, surprised.
“The biggest thing, when testing aero, in our camp is that the feedback from a🔯ll riders is similar. In terms of what you’re feeli𒆙ng on the bike.
“It’s clear to understand.
“If you test the shock, you usually🍌 get variation i♓n riders’ comments.
“But between our ꦐguys, a lot of the comments after testing the items, and asking what the other guys’ feedback was… it’s𒉰 all pretty similar.
“It’s relatively clear. You 𒀰can understand it easier than a swingarm.”
Miller was 15th-fastest on Wednesday, +1.🐠166s behind the pace-setter Enea Bastianini.
His teꦬammate Brad Bꦐinder was third, while on Tuesday Tech3 GASGAS’ Pedro Acosta was second.
The early signs are bright for KTM ahead of the 2꧒024 MotoGP season.
Miller detai𝓰led his Wednesday: “Decent Day 2. I was able to find a little bit more, this morning.
“When I put the new tyr✱e on this morning, it wasn’t really t🐷he combination that I overly like.
“But another busy day, jꦚust try𝐆ing all sorts of combinations. The pros and cons of each.
“The bike itself works really well. We’re trying to find those last little detai♒ls.
“It has been a productive day for us, with no shortage🔯 of 🤪things to try. The boys keep throwing it at the bike.
“Just trying to find more grip, more front-end stability. We tried different aero packages which were really good for the grip♕ department but took away the front stability. It’s about trying to find balance.
“It was my fastest lap, and I didn’t h༺ave the combiꩵnation which I was overly confident with.
“Coming into an FP2 on a rac🐎e weekend we should be able to fire a decen🎀t lap at it.”
He added: “The left-hand side is dܫecent, the right-hand side is unpredictable.”
But it’s all about the🎀 aerodynamics f🔥or KTM at the moment.
“We ar🍷e playing with combinations to see what works,” he said.꧒ “Various configurations.
“We’ve got the package. Then there are different pieces. We’re trying to work out what is positive anꦑd what 🥃is negative.
“We are trying to work out the📖 aero package for the first half of the 🧜season.”
Th🔯e third and final day of testing in Sepang is on Thursday.
James was a sports journalist at S🍸ky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
