Explained: What is the ‘chatter’ blighting Jorge Martin’s Ducati?

Analysing the 'chatter' problem in Jorge Martin's Ducati, and why it is so frustrat🦩ing for a MotoGP rider

Jorge Martin, Tissot Sprint Race, Qatar MotoGP, 9 March
Jorge Martin, Tissot Sprint Race, Qatar MotoGP, 9 March

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin’s weekend at the Qatar MotoGP was blighted by chatter problems.

The Pramac rider somehow still qualꦦified on pole position, won the sprint race, and finished the grand prix on the podium.

Wit🐬hout chatꦗter issues, Martin reckons he can soon become unbeatable.

What is chatter?

“Chatter is, essentially, a frequency of vi♔bration through the machine,” Michael Laverty explained on TNT Sports.

“It ca🤡n start from the rear tyre, it can start from the front. It is a ♋frequency.

“It is so frustrating, as a rider. Your 🦩handlebars start to o♔scillate.

“You don’t have grip from the tyres, they are skipping really fast on the gro♌und.

“Ducati have a mass damper in the seat unit, that does dampen out the frequency but it doesn’t seem to be doing enꦬoug❀h right now.

“It can come from suspension, damper adjustment, tyre pr🃏essure…

“There a𒊎re lots of ways to dial it in or try to mᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚake it better for the rider.

“But there is no scientific method of how to eradicate♓ chatter. It can be such a frustrating prಞoblem to have.”

Martin complained after the Qatar grand prix: “At the moment we have vibrations. I cannot use the rear brake and there🍌 are some points that are my strongest areas of riding which I cannot use.

“Let’s wait and let the engineers work. I have done my part,🧸 now they need to do theirs.”

He added: “I’m not riding 100% of the package with tꦇhe new bike. If we improve I guess we can be much more competitive.”

Martin said after𓆉 the Saturday sprint: “I don’t want to speak a lot about the problem because I don’t know if I can. But I had some issues which were the same 🍬as in the test.

“Dur🀅ing the weekend it was quite okay but today it wasn’t so we need to understand well and mak𝓡e a step.

“As soon as we solv🐷e that problem I can be much faster. It is what it is but let’s try to take the maximum out of the situ🔯ation.”

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