Until this Styrian Grand Prix on the Red Bull Ring circuit, the Suzuki Ecstar team's GSX–RRs were the only MotoGP bikes not to have the ride height device, the mechanical device which allows the rear of the bike to be lowered. motorcycle accelerating.
Of course, they did have a “start device” at the front, like all their opponents, but this is only used at the start and the Hamamatsu machines were therefore handicapped in the race.
Since this weekend, Joan mir et Alex Rins each have one of their two motorcycles equipped with these two devices.
This Friday morning in FP1, Johann Mir did his first spins with it, then it was the turn ofAlex Rins.
🔝 @JoanMirOfficial goes fastest!
If you look closely, you can see @suzukimotogp's new rear ride height device in action exiting the last corner! 🔍#StyrianGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/FxSbkTccSV
- MotoGP @ 🏁 (@MotoGP) August 7
Their comments were not long in coming…
Joan mir : “with or without, it's a huge difference: with the device the bike does a lot less wheelies and I have fewer physical problems keeping the front end down. I feel more push when accelerating. This will probably allow us to play more with electronics. Considering that this is just a first prototype, I feel that Suzuki has already done a very good job. »
alex rins : “I have to get used to it in order to find perfect coordination between acceleration and lever activation. This is not a problem because it will come with more experience and we will be able to finalize the settings of the device: this is the very first prototype. At the same time, the return to the braking zone, when the rear should return to its normal height, is extremely smooth and leaves me comfortable braking normally. »
