If, on the track, everyone is waiting to see if Marc Márquez will be able to perpetuate his fabulous record on American soil, in the paddock we are more expecting news concerning Suzuki.
The formalization of the renewal ofalex rins under the colors of Hamamatsu should indeed take place in Texas after its brilliant podium in Argentina, just like, barring unforeseen circumstances, the signature of Team Marc VDS to get 4 factory GSX-RRs starting next year.
Michel Bartholemy seems in fact to have first set off on the Yamaha track but not to have received the conditions he expected. Suzuki's offer would be much more interesting, in particular with regard to the duration of 3 years, a situation made difficult at Yamaha because of the looming shadow of a possible VR46 MotoGP team in 2021...
On the other hand, Yamaha would still not be ready to provide factory motorcycles to its satellite team, even for a Franco Morbidelli protégé of Valentino Rossi, one of the reasons which prompted Hervé Poncharal to leave Iwata's firm.
But all these are only suppositions and, while waiting for this to be confirmed, or not, this weekend, Suzuki nevertheless offers us the possibility of relating to proven concrete, namely the use of a new fairing seen in Qatar and Argentina, more discreet than that with fins.
During the race at Termas de Rio Hondo, alex rins
preferred the finned fairing while Andrea Iannone chose this new “light” configuration.
This version has a sort of lower lip promoting both air entry and light aerodynamic downforce.
To compare with the “real” fins…
