Francesco Bagnaia: MotoGP's front ride-height ban ‘not a problem’

If Ducati's MotoGP rivals hoped that the new-for-2023 front ride-height ban might cause a drop in performance for the Desmosedicis, they are likely to be disappointed.
Francesco Bagnaia, 2023 Ducati
Francesco Bagnaia, 2023 Ducati

While the front system was tried in pre-season testing and continued to be developed by the likes of Pramac’s168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Johann Zarco, reigning world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia has revealed he reꦐmoved it after the opening ඣrace weekend in Qatar.

“I used the front he🌟ight device in the test and FP1, FP2, FP3 in Qatar, then I stopped using it,” Bagnaia said. “So it will not be a big change for me. When they deci♉ded to take it away, it was not a problem for me.”

The front ride-height ban is the only significant change to the MotoGP technical rules for 2023. Rear ride-height devices, as pioneered by Ducati, plus front and rear🔯 holesꦕhot devices (for the start only) remain legal.

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Meanwhile, Ba♍gnaia also revealed the switch to a smaller fairing had proved beneficial in terms of handling for the꧙ GP22.

“If you re💧member, all the years the Ducati fairing was very big and last year we went with a really small one. I pushed a lot fꦯor it and we changed a lot the feeling on the bike,” he said.

While Ducati has joined Yamaha in unveiling its 2023 team colours, the latest aerodynamics remain a closely guided se♊cret until track action begins at Sepang next m🌱onth.

But Bagnaia dꦡoesn’t expect anything radical for the GP23.

“Next season’s [fairing] will be very ✅similar to this year,” he said. “I didn't go to the wind tunnel because they have ways to replicate us [on the bike] so they don't need us.

“But in any case, speaking about aerodynamics they are workin♑g very hard.”

Ducati has followed Aprili🅰a’s lead by investigating a fatter lower fairing, to speed up air 🧜passing under the bike during cornering, plus rear seat aerodynamic devices.

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