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Stiffer is better
Rossi's teammate had made an even more radical change which had worked out remarkably well. After a miserable time in the tests, where he was fast one day, nowhere the next, Maverick Vi?ales finally managed to persuade his crew to make the bike stiffer, fitting harder springs. It had transformed his ability to go fast on the bike, and he fought his way through from twelfth on the grid to finish sixth, and within a sniff of fourth, and perhaps even the podium.
"We didn't focus on the electronics for the race, we focused to find the setup. And actually it works," Vi?ales said afterwards. "We took the opposite direction to the test, we went harder in the front, stiffer on the rear. Something I really like and something I asked many times to do. Finally, we did it here and it's a good way."
The change also helped manage some of the wheelspin he had been suffering during testing. "For sure, it gets much better entering the corner and less shaking on the bike," he said. "So it's something I like. The bike is more stable and I can attack a little bit more the apex of the corners. A little more corner speed but also with the brakes. So I didn't make a lot of problems in the acceleration [area] because I gained in the middle of the corner. It's something I asked for many, many times. But we did it here on the race weekend."
It felt like he had wasted the entire off-season of testing over the winter, Vi?ales explained. "For me looking back it's like I lose three months because now the bike is totally different from the test. Chassis is the same but the way the setup is totally different. In the other direction. So still I need more confidence but the strongest point of the bike from last year comes again, which is the fast corners, and I'm quite happy."
Stiffer is better
Rossi's teammate had made an even more radical change which had worked out remarkably well. After a miserable time in the tests, where he was fast one day, nowhere the next, Maverick Vi?ales finally managed to persuade his crew to make the bike stiffer, fitting harder springs. It had transformed his ability to go fast on the bike, and he fought his way through from twelfth on the grid to finish sixth, and within a sniff of fourth, and perhaps even the podium.
"We didn't focus on the electronics for the race, we focused to find the setup. And actually it works," Vi?ales said afterwards. "We took the opposite direction to the test, we went harder in the front, stiffer on the rear. Something I really like and something I asked many times to do. Finally, we did it here and it's a good way."
The change also helped manage some of the wheelspin he had been suffering during testing. "For sure, it gets much better entering the corner and less shaking on the bike," he said. "So it's something I like. The bike is more stable and I can attack a little bit more the apex of the corners. A little more corner speed but also with the brakes. So I didn't make a lot of problems in the acceleration [area] because I gained in the middle of the corner. It's something I asked for many, many times. But we did it here on the race weekend."
It felt like he had wasted the entire off-season of testing over the winter, Vi?ales explained. "For me looking back it's like I lose three months because now the bike is totally different from the test. Chassis is the same but the way the setup is totally different. In the other direction. So still I need more confidence but the strongest point of the bike from last year comes again, which is the fast corners, and I'm quite happy."
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