Cal Crutchlow arrives for this Austrian Grand Prix in great shape. Quite satisfied with his fifth place taken in Brno, only a week ago, he continues to make his mark in the MotoGP paddock with his outspokenness. In the Czech Republic, he said what he thought of Marc Márquez's strategy and the pit stops, and he pissed off the doctors at the mobile clinic by playing elusive for an X-ray to check for a vertebra that the doctors feared fractured. All that remained was for him to say what he thought about the return of the tortured fairings. That's done.
In Brno, Ducati brought up to date the question of fairings with shapes that an expert in modern art would not deny. If you thought the fins were unsightly, you are served. Two concepts have been approved, to the great dismay of certain manufacturers, such as Aprilia. A situation that amuses the LCR pilot: “ At Ducati, we have always been the smartest at reading regulations. They always knew how to draw out the best scenarios to achieve their goals, and they deserve a tip of the hat for that. ».
« I would like other manufacturers to do the same thing, try new things, as creative as what we find at Ducati ". Which implies a Honda proposal, which also presented new fairings, below aerodynamic expectations... "II did not feel any particular benefits in certain sectors while in others, the bike deteriorated » regrets the Englishman who raced the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic with a standard fairing.
« The goal is to regain the effectiveness of the ailerons but for the moment, it is different. For the moment, no one has succeeded otherwise, everyone would have a new fairing because last year everyone had the fins ". Who were hated last year and finally regretted this year after a ban that Honda did not shun... And that's an understatement.
