With private testing now prohibited for MotoGP regular riders, Suzuki took advantage of the first official test in Qatar to have them try out what could be the 2022 engine for the GSX-RR. Among other things…
After Sylvain Guintoli on Saturday, this was the case on Sunday for Alex Rins who concluded the two days of testing behind his teammate, while the latter was mainly testing a new chassis.
Alex Rins : " I'm feeling pretty good, the day went well and we tried a lot of different things. I tried the first version of the engine for 2022, which seemed pretty similar to me but pretty good and seems to have a bit more speed. This was something we've been asking for since last year, along with other little things I can't talk about. So the possible new engine for 2022 is something that Suzuki asked us to try and we did it without problem because we have a lot of testing days here in Qatar.
After that we tried a few other little things. The times are really tight, but I'm happy with my pace at the moment. I had a little scare at turn 2 at the end of the day, but there were no consequences. I'm looking forward to the next few days of testing. »
As for the things the Suzuki official can't talk about, we assume it's the mechanical device that allows the bike to be lowered.
Introduced by Ducati and initially called Holeshot Device because it is used to lower the rear (or front) of the motorcycle to counter the tendency to wheelie, we are now in the second generation (or even the third for Ducati) with functions of lowering the rear when braking to try to keep the rear wheel on the ground a little longer.
At Suzuki, as at Yamaha, it seems that we have fallen a little behind in this area…
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