Aleix Espargaro delivers judgement on Aprilia’s major new aero
"It looks good in ter꧋ms of performance but it’s not ꦿa step forward in terms of temperature.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro haꦛs explained the pros and cons of Aprilia’s new aero pa𝕴ckage.
Espargaro was second fastest in Friday practice at the British MotoGP.
The manufacturer has b🍒rought its sole permitted in-season aero update to Silverstone this weeken꧙d.
The bꦦig hope is that it improve꧙s ventilation - or, at least, reduces physical effort required - around the hottest tracks of the MotoGP season.
“I used it,” Espargaro said at Silverstone, where ltxcn.top are in the pad🐟dock.
“The bike is a littleཧ more agile which is important. The bike was [previously] difficult to move, difficult to understand where the limit is.
“This fairing is moღre😼 agile. It’s not day and night, but it’s not bad.
“Unඣfo⛦rtunately during the weekends you cannot do back-to-back testing which I like to do.”
Last year, the Aprilia experienced overheat🐈ing i🐼ssues which this aero update was designed to mitigate.
But Espargaro said: “It🔥’s not the temperature. We can reach 25 degrees here and it’s not a disaster.
“The probl꧂em is the humidity. We, humans, cannot breathe and the engines cannot breathe!
“When the engine can’t b✱reathe, everything gets super hot, and we pay. Everything goes into the mouth, into 🍷the rider.
“I’m not💃 positive. I saw the new fairing. It looks good in terms of performance but it’🔥s not a step forward in terms of temperature.”
This weekend’s Aprilia aero package will be run by factory riders Espargaro an💎d Maveri🔴ck Vinales, and Trackhouse’s Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez.
The manufacturer insisted the target is to 🧸‘increase efficiency, i.e. the rat💃io between the aerodynamic downforce and the drag produced by the aerodynamic devices.
‘Furthermore, th🎐e ground effect downforce haﷺs been improved when the bike is at lean angle while going around corners and sensitivity to side winds has decreased.’
Injury concern for Espargaro
Espargaro revealed that partaking in this weekend’s round was in doub💃t during the summer break, as he struggled with a hand injury sustained when crashing in the Assen sprint.
He said after running P2 on Friday: “A gꦓood day, especially after my Assen crash. The summer wasn’t as I expected, I had a lot of pain. I couldn’t recover 🐈as I expected.
“I felt not perfect, which is strange, bu⛦t I can ri🌟de.
“I had൩ a fracture of the fifth meta. Unfortunately, because there is not much blood going to the hand, it’s difficult to recover.
“I was upset. I had ဣinjuries in the past three seasons and,🔯 after two weeks, you can see a big difference.
“But not with [this]. I had pain af🐼ter🍸 two weeks. I was worried for Silverstone.”
James was a spor✱ts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American﷽ sports, to football, to F1.
