It's All About the Aero in MotoGP Testing
by John Burns
February 20th, 2018 5:56 PM
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The faster you go, the more important slicing through the air becomes – and racers have been working on ways to improve their aero for almost as long as there’s been racing. For 2018, things seem to be reaching critical mass at the next-to-last preseason MotoGP test at Chang International Circuit in Thailand. The final test is March 1-3 in Losail, Qatar – and after that everybody’s bodywork will need to be approved before the first race there March 18.
If you’re interested in some of the myriad designs the engineers have come up with to cheat the wind, from reasonably minimal on the Hondas to Fokker triplane-ish on the Ducatis, there’s a gallery with 169 (count `em) photos here, accompanying an interesting article on NewAtlas.com.
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Those suzuki's look way cool
I think Ducati should put a serrated leadind edge on their wings. Then they could throw potatos into the path of the speeding bikes to make thousands of Julianne fries, just this fast, just this easy.