Anyone would expect riders to be quicker in MotoGP's brand-new quick-fire sprint races, but in fact they're slower. Here's why…
Improvements always come from a combination of factors, but KTM has particularly increased its work on aerodynamics. KTM's MotoGP aerodynamicists now work with those from Red Bull Advanced Technologies, the engineering branch of the Red Bull Formula 1 team – the reigning world champions – because F1 has a much longer history of working on aero than MotoGP.
For example, last year at Jerez, Brad Binder told me he was losing the front every lap through the scary-fast right-hander before the final hairpin, because at that speed there was so much downforce it was taking the forks to the bottom of their stroke, which transferred too much load to the front tyre...
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