The 2021 MotoGP season is in its final phase but behind the scenes we are already actively preparing for 2022. In Jerez, and building on the momentum of the two days of testing carried out after the San Marino Grand Prix, Yamaha, Honda and KTM have shared the track to define what the future will be. For the three brands, the stakes are high because this season has asked fundamental questions...
Is not Ducati wants. The Borgo Panigale brand thus seems to be the most serene in its technical choices, since all its drivers, apart from Luca marini, experienced the joys of the podium. And three out of six the honors of victory. Furthermore, it forces its adversaries to follow its path, from the concept of the ailerons to that of the attitude corrector.
Aprilia has its way which is starting to have its effect on the RS-GP, Suzuki must now run to catch up while at home Honda, KTM et Yamaha , we have nerve centers to deal with. At HRC, you have to redo your motorcycle to make it more user-friendly since Marc Marquez will no longer be able to make the difference on his handlebars alone for a long time, due to his physical condition lastingly impacted by his accident in Jerez in July 2020. The frame is redesigned just like the engine, which has already been announced as the centerpiece of the change by Tokyo engineers. Fact, Stefan bradl lined up the kilometers in Spain.
At KTM, the concern seems more difficult to identify in view of a less exciting 2021 performance than that of 2020, without however demeriting since Olive tree et Brad Binder each count one victory. Even if the South African admirably linked opportunism with courage during the delicate conditions at the end of the race on the Red Bull Ring, the same is the one who registers at the gates of the top 5 in each event, and who points sixth in the championship. But it's not enough and you have to find the key to unlock access to the summit which has closed. A mission entrusted to Dani Pedrosa who worked in Jerez.
Intensive work in Jerez
Finally, at Yamaha , we are not fooled by the situation. Certainly, one of its drivers is no longer far from winning the title after a course of authority and regularity, but this is indeed the work of fabio quartararo. Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso et Franco Morbidelli are very far from the mark, even if, for each of them, there is also a personal reason to mention for these poor performances. However, everyone has agreed on an asthmatic engine for ages. It is also so that he can find a second wind that Cal Crutchlow accompanied the two aforementioned on the track of the Spanish Grand Prix.
During the tests of Misano, the manufacturers had brought the 2022 prototypes and the development work continued in anticipation of the last tests of the year in MotoGP, provided for Jerez November 18 and 19. We are waiting for the first leaks to know the trend of this last day...
