“Phew! »
This is the cry of relief that must come to the minds of Yamaha riders as they head to the Misano circuit for two consecutive Grands Prix.
Unlike Austria which had been ranked 5 out of 5 regarding the level of demands on the brakes, the Italian track is the least demanding up to this point in the championship, with a score of only 3 out of 5, while Jerez and Brno have a score of 4.
The extremely winding nature of the Italian track, as clearly demonstrated by the longest straight section which is only 530 meters long, prevents motorcycles from reaching 300 km/h even once. Although there are 16 corners, the speed difference between the start and end of braking exceeds 100 km/h in only 3 of them. On the other hand, the cooling of the braking systems could be hampered by high ambient temperatures.
Using the brakes during the San Marino MotoGP Grand Prix
During each lap of the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, drivers use the brakes 12 times for a total of 31 seconds. These 12 braking sections are all different, either due to stopping distance or braking time, or starting speed or lever pressure.
The third section of the track is where the brakes are used the most, 5 times, that is, in all the turns of this section. In the first section, on the other hand, they are only used for 3 of the 5 turns, and on one of them the drop in speed is really small, barely 35 km/h.
The most demanding braking section of the San Marino and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix
Of the 12 braking sections of the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, 3 are classified as demanding on the brakes, 3 are of medium difficulty and the remaining 6 are not very demanding.
The most demanding braking section for MotoGP is turn 8: the bikes go from 268 km/h to 79 km/h, a speed difference of 189 km/h achieved by using the brakes for 4,7 seconds. Riders exert 5,9 kg of pressure on the brake lever, experience a deceleration of 1,5 G and cover a distance of 209 meters.
In summary, no braking problems are expected at Misano, but we will still carefully observe whether Maverick Viñales continues not to use the 2020 calipers...
