MotoGP Le Mans: ECU boost for CRTs
Privateer CRT riders using the Magneti Marelli ECU will receive a software upgrade for this weekend's French Mo𝐆toGP at Le Mans.
Seven riders began the season with the n𒈔ew Magneti Marelli system, which will be made compulsory from 2014.
The Le Mans software update is aimed 🦋༺at improving wheelie control and 'anti-jerk' - making the initial throttle connection smoother.
Th♓e CRT standings are currently led by Aspar's Aleix Espargaro, last year's class winner, who like all of thꦑe ART riders uses Aprilia's own electronic system.
The top rider with the Magneti Marelli ECU is Hector Barbera (Avintia FTR Kawasaki) - presently ten points behind Espargaro an🐲d second in the privateer clasꩲs.
Barbera qualified tenth on the grid last time at Jerez, marking the first ti🐼me that the new Ma𝔍gneti Marelli system has made the final part of qualifying.
Other Magneti Marelli privateers are Barbera's team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama, Colin Edwards and Claudio Corti (Forward Racing), Danilo Petrucci and Lucas Pesek (Came IodaRacing) plus Michael Laverty🍸 (PBM).
The manufacturer MotoGP riders will als💝o switch to the 'control' Magneti Marelli ECU hardware next year, but will be allowed to continue using their own bespoke software.
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