Confidential Box: From Red Ducati to Black Aprilia

Kill Joy. From red Ducati to black Aprilia.

World Cup events at Mugello have always been understood as the Ducati GP. Due to its proximity to Bologna’s headquarters (about 70 km), it has traditionally been a test circuit and has had a brilliant day in Italian motorcycling. Ducati won with Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci and Mugello. However, at the Italian Grand Prix this weekend, the protagonist was mercilessly robbed by Aprilia. With the “Chibirin” communication program, other World Cup trans-alpine brands (apparently strong rivals) have removed Ducati’s name from the media headlines. If we announced the renewal of Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales at a special press conference yesterday, today the creation of the satellite team in 2023 was announced as soon as the morning began. At the same time, test driver Lorenzo Savadori came into the limelight when the RS-GP’s rear wing hit the track on an impressive bike. And in the afternoon FP2, Aleix Espargaro ended the day at the top of the standings ahead of the nine Ducati cars running in the GP, ruining the Ducati party. Yes, yesterday was only Friday and points are distributed on Sunday, but so far the red Ducati is always black and very black Aprilia.

EFFECT 2020: Implosion of MotoGP.

Did you notice that the announcement of the creation of the future Aprilia satellite team is hidden? Let’s take a step back from the popular word that trees do not show the forest. And suddenly we faced many unimaginable situations a few seasons ago. Yes, in 2020, the worst year of a pandemic outbreak, MotoGP went into a beast-like conversion process as much as turning a worm into a butterfly. Just a few weeks ago, who said that next year there will be two Yamahas and no Suzukis on the grid, that is, only six of the 22 bikes on the grid will be Japanese. In addition, for decades, the Premier Class has been dueling between Honda and Yamaha, but is now Ducati or Aprilia. Until 2020, there was an elite among the MotoGP riders who shared the victory. They had one hand: Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez. Victory by anyone other than this quartet was “rare.” As of 2020, virtually everyone continues to win. That said, in just two seasons MotoGP has undergone an unimaginable transformation. The question is, what emerges from this change is better than what was there.

100 M x 2nd: I like Mugello!

After removing the legendary Suzuka from the calendar, Mugello is arguably the most difficult circuit on the calendar. A series of chicane of various shapes, downhill braking, dazzling Arrabiata 2, a finish line very far from the exit of the last corner … The two most victorious drivers in Mugello were shining 2 It’s not surprising to be a human driver, their exquisite technique, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Mugello has also recently spread so much ink as the whole story of this wing has begun, as some accessories have been tested to maintain to prevent the bike from taking off at the end of the straight change in elevation. The front wheel stuck to the asphalt. Very cruel fact: MotoGP arrives straight at almost 360 km / h. That is, it covers 100 meters in 1 second. Doubting three-tenths of a second, with or without braking, means traveling 30 meters. It’s no wonder that so many drivers braked straight yesterday. However, due to the continuity of chicane, despite having one of the most radical braking of the entire championship, Mugello spins better and tractions more efficiently than a very efficient bike when braking. It’s important to have a bike that works. That’s why Fabio Quartararo and his Yamaha, the second slowest bike of the 26 starting on Sunday, prevented them from burning on the first day of practice.