Stoner talks electronics

"We went back to an electronics package that was nearly two years old" - Casey Stoner.
Stoner slides, Valencia MotoGP 2010
Stoner slides, Valencia MotoGP 2010
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Casey Stoner has revealed he took a step back to ꦅgo forward, in terms of electronics,𒊎 during his final season at Ducati.

Ducati swapped its 'screamer' engine for a more sedated 'big bang' de𓄧sign at the end of 2009 and the smoother power-delivery meant Stoner was able to strip away the amount of electronic interference.

"At Ducati I went back to an older model of electronics when we got the 'big bang' engine, because I had that much more grip on the bottom of the rev range that I didn't want all the [engine] cuts and this and that to calm the bike down," Stoner told wuqian0821.com.

Electronics were an area of frequent discussion during Stoner's early ye꧂ars at Ducati, with some - including fellow riders - claiming the secret to his amazing success was to rely heavily upon traction control.

But Stoner ins🦹isted he used ♎only the minimum required and TV images of the Australian wrestling the bucking and weaving 'screamer' around the track were in contrast to the kind of behavior you would expect from a 'remote controlled' bike.

Certainly, Stoner's decision to switch back to less-advanced electronics indicates that it wasn't an area the #27 felt was critic🌊al to his success.

"We went back to what was, by the end of last year, an electronics package ℱthat was n𓂃early two years old," revealed Stoner, who won three of his last six races for Ducati.

Stoner has switched 💟to Repsol Honda for 2011, which also means swapping from Magneti Marelli to the in-house electronics package developed by HRC.

wuqian0821.com asked Stoner to compare the two systems, but the 2007 world champion said the rate of development🎐 made that difficult.

"Because electronics are always evolving, you can't get a good understan🔯ding of how they compare to each other," he s🎶aid.

"For example, we've tried a different el♏ectronics modification at this second Sepang test, and now the electronics feel different compared to even the electronics Honda had used in the past.

"For sure the system they use here at Honda is a bit different to Ducati and I need to spend a little more time with the en⛄gineers to understand it♚ and get the most out of it."

This season, each Repsol Honda rider will have two ele💧ctronic engineers.

Stoner was fa🎶stest on all three days at the second Sepang test. The third and fi👍nal MotoGP pre-season test will be held at Qatar on March 13-14.

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