Valentino Rossi Reveals the Reasons for MotoGP Currently Rarely Overtaking Each Other

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The living legend of MotoGP, Valentino Rossi, stated that currently the action of overtaking on the race track is much reduced. In fact, it was quite awaited by motorcycle racing lovers and made the game even more exciting.

Noted, only a few names that often do that. The main reason is because the development of motorcycle technology in the MotoGP championship is far different from before with many aerodynamic devices.

This makes the riders have to adjust their riding methods, including suppressing aggressiveness when maneuvering. However, on the one hand, this development makes MotoGP matches more competitive.

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It is proven that when MotoGP 2022 only leaves 3 more series, the world title is still wide open. In fact, there are still 8 riders who have the possibility to get it.

“The aerodynamics on the (MotoGP) bike now look like a car. When you look closely, you will feel the aerodynamics are very much and on the bike last season, a lot of evolution in this part,” said Rossi, quoted from Motosan.esTuesday (4/10/2022).

“Of course, that makes it more difficult to overtake,” he continued.

As for some parts of the aerodynamics on the two wheels used in the MotoGP championship, there are the winglets, spoilers, to the fairing.

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The technical director of Aprilia, Albesiano Romano, said the same thing, where aerodynamic devices often affect the course of MotoGP matches. Even at the Spanish GP, Aleix Espargararo had time to complain about related things.

“I can’t say whether the device has a negative effect on the MotoGP spectacle. The wingless bike and certain aerodynamic packages might make the bike more able to follow other bikes, but there are other consequences, namely increasing the load (when overtaking),” he said on a separate occasion. .

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