MotoGP Podcast: How ride-height devices are checked for legality

MotoGP technical director Danny Aldridge explains how ride-height devices are checked for legality.
Jack Miller, practice start, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP 30 April 2021
Jack Miller, practice start, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP 30 April 2021
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In this extra🤡ct from the latest wuqian0821.com MotoGP podcast, MotoGP technical director Danny Aldridge explains what is and🉐 isn't allowed as far as ride-height devices, and how they are checked for legality.

Ducatꦐi was the first factory to introduce a rear-lowering holeshot system for the start of a race, aiding acceleration by reducing wheelies, during 2018.

By the end of 2019, the system had evolved to allow Ducati riders to lower the rear of the bike not only at the start but whenever th෴ey were acc𝐆elerating onto a long straight.

Rival manufacturers all now have similar technology, although Duc🐠ati and Aprilia are thought to have systems that, once triggered by the ridౠer, can 'automatically' lower the bike at the right moment on the exit of the corner.

"What I do is go into the pit box and say 'okay, disconnect all electronics and show me how it works'," Aldridge explained. "I🌳t must be able to engage and disengage without any power going to it. It also cannot be charged, either by air, gas or fluid..."

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