Appeared during the last tests in Valencia but refused by the technical director, the aerodynamic evolution of the official Yamaha riders was therefore reviewed and corrected for these tests in Malaysia.
A little less massive and with more pronounced curvatures, Iwata's removable aerodynamic appendages now seem to satisfy everyone, while the fork crown now has two lateral recesses...
Valentino Rossi: “I like this fairing more than last year's because it offers more protection even though I'm relatively tall. So it's good. With the fins, let's call them what we can, it's good because the bike is less prone to wheelies and, in the parts where you have to steer, you have more control over the front. So the effect is more or less similar to what we had in 2016. It seems that we are also quite fast on the straights. »
Note that, unlike those of Hondas made of carbon, Yamaha fins are manufactured using rapid prototyping (3D printing). This difference in construction method was already the case in 2016.
