KTM’s Jack Miller testing aero: “We’re playing, literally, with thin air!”
KTM and Aprilia have c༒aught the eye with their bold aerodynamics at the MotoGP Sepang test
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller has offered insight into the aero testing that he has undertaken at the MotoGP Sepang test.
KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa ran with some eye-catching aero at the shakedown last week, and on the second day (Wednesday) of the officia👍l test in Malaysia, factory rider Miller’s bike was fitted with a similarly radical design.
KTM and Aprilia have bo🌌th been noticeable for theꦏ bold aerodynamics on their bikes at the Sepang test.
Gresini Ducati’s Marc Marquez insisted that the increasing impact of aero in MotoGP was a negative which he did not 🧔like, comparing it to Formula 1.
Miller said after the second day of the Sepang test: “We’re playing, literally, with thi🐼n 💟air here.
“They look radical and the change♚s look massive but, in all honesty, it’s not massively big changes.
“There💖 are minute changes🐓 here, there and everywhere.
“The thing is… it affects the bike 🌳everywhere. Drive, on the maximum lean angle, tipping the 💦bike in, braking.
“There are so manyꦑ variables that go into testing this𝓰 stuff.
“That’s why it’s hard to nail together a decent package because ൲there are so 🍃many variables between items.
“♛You are trying to understand. That’s why we are so busy doing so many laps, trying to understand what we do and do not like, to piece it together properly.”
He added a💝bout trialling the aero: “I feel, sometimes, surp🍸rised.
“The biggest thing, when testing aero, in our camp is that the feedback from all riders is similar. In terms of what you’re feeling 🐼on the bike.
“It’s clear to understand.
“If you test the shock,𒉰𒆙 you usually get variation in riders’ comments.
“But between our guys, a lot of the comments after testing the items, and asking what the other guys’ feedback wa꧂s… it’s all pretty similar.
“It’s relatively clear. You can und🍎erstand it easier than a swingarm.”
Miller was 15th-fastest on Wednesday, +1.166s behind 🤡the pace-setter Enea Bastianini.
His teammate Brad Binder was thir🤪d, while on Tuesday Tech3 GASGAS’ Pedro Acosta was second.
The early signs are bright for KTM ahead of the 202💦4 MotoGP season.
Miller detailed ꦡhis Wednesday: “Decent Day 🤡2. I was able to find a little bit more, this morning.
“When I put the new tyre on this morning, it wasn’t really the combin✃ation 🍌that I overly like.
“But another busy day, just trying all sorts o🌳f combinations. The pros and cons of each.
“The bike itself works really well. We’re trying to find those last little details🌱.
“It has been a productive day for us, with no shortage of things to try. The boys keep t𒉰hrowing it at the biꦏke.
“Just trying to find more grip, more front-e♌nd stability. ♐We tried different aero packages which were really good for the grip department but took away the front stability. It’s about trying to find balance.
“It was my fastest lap, and I didn’t have the combination which I wa💝s overly ෴confident with.
“Coming into an FP2 on a race week💝endಌ we should be able to fire a decent lap at it.”
He added: “🌊The left-hand side is decent, the right-hand side isꩲ unpredictable.”
But it’s all about the aerodyn♕amics fo𝔍r KTM at the moment.
“We are playing with combinations to see what works,” he said. “Various❀ configurations.
“We’ve got the package. Then th♈ere are dif⛄ferent pieces. We’re trying to work out what is positive and what is negative.
“We are trying to work out the aero packꦗage for the first half of the season.”
The third and final day ꦑof testing in Sepang is on Thursday.
James was a sports journalist at𝔉 Sky Sports for a decade covering ever꧅ything from American sports, to football, to F1.
