Everything still to be defined
“It was easy for Enea Bastianini to win in Malaysia, he got the warning racing with irregular pressure”. Jorge Martin at the end of 2023 he released these weighty statements regarding the tactical 'warnings' used by some drivers in the final of the championship which only ended in Valencia in favor of Francesco Bagnaia.
In 2023 the pilots had a warning and then receive sanctions that increase by 3, 6, 12 seconds and so on in case of recidivism. The issue relating to Michelin tire pressure in view of 2024 which is now upon us is still far from being defined.
The riders, but above all the technicians, lived the second half of 2023 on a razor's edge because setting a 'safety' pressure meant making the bike unrideable with a front easily subject to locking. 'Taking risks', however, resulted in many cases in irregular readings with the pressure below the permitted limit for more than 50% of the race. What makes everything even more complicated is the fact that the type of race can have a very impactful effect on tire pressure, which changes radically in the event of group race or a race with no one in front held 'in clean air'.
The header crash.net has contacted Corrado Cecchinellidirector of technology for MotoGP, who declared that the current intention is to do not give the warning to anyone who does not respect the pressure, but to immediately pass to a substantial time penalty to be added to the finishing order – a quantity of standard seconds – without leading to disqualification. To accommodate teams and riders, the pressure limit to be respected could be lowered, but the percentage within which the penalty would be triggered could change. Tires with more anti-lock contact patch therefore, but a percentage higher than the current 50% of the race distance in which the parameters must be respected.
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