Of the handful of riders who tried ✨MotoGP’s latest in-helmet radio system at the Aragon test, Brad Binder was the most positive about the performance of the technology.

While helmet radios have been used in F1 for decades, it’s a much more complicated task in MotoGP.

But after several years of development, it looks as though a system could be ready to send o𒊎n-track safety messages to riders from Race Direction during 2026.

The eventual objective then ♋appears to be the more controversial use of tactical two-way communication between riders and their teams.

Unlike F1’s established in-ear radio 𝐆communication, the MotoGP system utilises bone conduction technology, via ‘pads’ that rest on the rider’s jawb﷽one.

KTM's Brad Binder tests helmet radio

During Monday’s Aragon MotoGP test, several riders struggled to clearly ♎hear the pre-re⭕corded messages along the circuit's high-speed straights due to excessive noise and minor helmet movements affecting the positioning of the headphones.

However, Red Bull KTM's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder experienced no such problems,

"Honestly they have done a frickin amazing job! 🧜I was really im꧙pressed,” said the South African.

“My helmet didn’t feel any different and I didn’t notice I had anything, and no matter if you are full gas with your head-up or behind the screen or whatever it is, the message comes through super-clear. So, yeah, they d♕id a good job with🍎 it."

When asked specifically about clarity during high-speed straights, where Alex Marquez, Lorenzo Savadori and Johann Zarco struggled to he꧂ar messages clearly, Binder replied:

"Yeah! I was so surprised. I don’t know if any of you have tried these little 🌜[bone conduction] headphones things that come over and chill in front of your ears? It feels like everyone can hear what you ar🉐e listening to, but the reality is that only you can.

“It is something similar to this: it works s🌟uper-well."

“Whether we need them or not is another question”

The associated hardware also wasn’t a problem, Binಞder said:

"For me, Iꦇ put my helmet on and they put the little box in my hump. I didn’t feel anything or notice anything.

“It was the first time I’d ever tried it. I hadn’t used it before and👍 honestly I was quite impressed by the way it worked.”

But while the technology might be a success, “Whether we need them to talk to us o💖r not is another q꧙uestion,” Binder added.

“But if that’s what they want, then I don’t mindꦕ.”

Binder set the 13th fastest time at the test.