The new aerodynamic device was used by Lorenzo Savadori during the first MotoGP practice at the Tuscan track
Aerodynamics is a frontier that MotoGP continues to explore as it tirelessly pursues performance, and this time it is Aprilia that has taken everyone by surprise, introducing a new large rear wing.
The Noale manufacturer, that has proved to be the real revelation during this first part of the 2022 season, has not only introduced a new engine specification during the opening practice session of the Italian GP… Test rider Lorenzo Savadori, who is competing at Mugello as a wildcard, has also been riding with a large rear winglet, positioned above the tailpiece in “F1-style”, a new feature that may well be used by Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales in subsequent sessions.
Experimentation that, according to Romano Albesiano and Massimo Rivola, has one precise goal – to generate greater rear load and prevent any wheel lift during the hard braking or through sections such as the fast downhill to the end of the start/finish straight, an increasingly critical point due to the speeds that a MotoGP bike now reaches, in excess of 350 Km/h.
A trick that aims to improve the balance of the bike and that, if it produces the desired results, may also prove useful at other fast tracks.
Exploiting the rear of the bike aerodynamically is something that other manufacturers have tried in the past – in 2018 at Jerez for example, Ducati tested a “duck's beak” tailpiece that was subsequently shelved after the riders said it didn’t bring the desired benefits.
I spy some new aero! @lorysava32 has an interesting winglet on the tail unit of his RS-GP! #MotoGP | #ItalianGP pic.twitter.com/6dHuV5Ak0V
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) May 27, 2022
Translated by Heather Watson
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