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Rating The Factories of MotoGP: Honda, Yamaha, & Ducati
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in pratica vale ? stato oltremodo penalizzato da bridgestone (o leggendola al contrario lorenzo ? riuscito a nascondere i punti deboli di yamaha con il suo stile di guida)
Rating The Factories of MotoGP: Honda, Yamaha, & Ducati
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With the return of Valentino Rossi to Yamaha, the Japanese factory hoped for a little more help for Lorenzo in 2013. It would not turn out that way. While Honda?s struggle with the softer front Bridgestone in 2012 had masked the underlying weakness of the Yamaha, the RC213V?s competitiveness ruthlessly exposed it.
The Yamaha had gotten around the problem with the softer front largely by ignoring it, relying on the ability of Lorenzo to carry an inhuman amount of corner speed. With Rossi in the opposite garage, it became clear that Yamaha had been relying on Lorenzo a little too heavily.
Lorenzo continued to take the fight to the Hondas, but the battle was a lot tougher than it was in 2012.
Lorenzo?s style ? brake early, let off early, then sweep majestically through the corner carrying more lean angle than anyone else was capable of ? ?the only time we reach that lean angle is just before we crash,? Cal Crutchlow joked ? giving him more exit speed to carry him on to the next straight.
All of Lorenzo?s transitions were so smooth ? watching from track side, he looked like he was moving in slow motion ? that he never upset the M1 at all.
The trouble was, after letting off the brakes, Lorenzo would find a Honda diving up the inside and then jamming on the anchors right in front of him, hogging his line, destroying his corner speed, and taking away any advantage he had.
Braking later was not an option, the Yamaha simply not stable enough on the brakes, so Lorenzo had to find another way of beating the Hondas.
Without Lorenzo?s corner speed, the other Yamaha riders simply didn?t stand a chance. Valentino Rossi was a distant fourth at most races, the only exception when Lorenzo and Pedrosa were injured, or track conditions played into the Yamaha?s hands.
Rossi?s strength ? his ability to brake late, brake hard, and still get the bike turned ? was completely useless, the bike simply not allowing him to ride that way, the front too soft to handle it. The less stiff front Bridgestone and Yamaha?s failure to address their own weakness worked against the returning Italian.
In part, Rossi himself was to blame. At the end of 2013, Rossi admitted that he had know that the new, softer construction front tire would cause problems when he tested in 2012. But given that he was already, as he put it, ?in the sh*t? with the Ducati, a softer front tire was the least of his problems.
If it slowed the rest up, it might give him a chance to get closer to the Hondas and Yamahas on the Desmosedici. Once he swung his leg back over the YZR-M1, he found himself in deep trouble.
The Yamaha had gotten around the problem with the softer front largely by ignoring it, relying on the ability of Lorenzo to carry an inhuman amount of corner speed. With Rossi in the opposite garage, it became clear that Yamaha had been relying on Lorenzo a little too heavily.
Lorenzo continued to take the fight to the Hondas, but the battle was a lot tougher than it was in 2012.
Lorenzo?s style ? brake early, let off early, then sweep majestically through the corner carrying more lean angle than anyone else was capable of ? ?the only time we reach that lean angle is just before we crash,? Cal Crutchlow joked ? giving him more exit speed to carry him on to the next straight.
All of Lorenzo?s transitions were so smooth ? watching from track side, he looked like he was moving in slow motion ? that he never upset the M1 at all.
The trouble was, after letting off the brakes, Lorenzo would find a Honda diving up the inside and then jamming on the anchors right in front of him, hogging his line, destroying his corner speed, and taking away any advantage he had.
Braking later was not an option, the Yamaha simply not stable enough on the brakes, so Lorenzo had to find another way of beating the Hondas.
Without Lorenzo?s corner speed, the other Yamaha riders simply didn?t stand a chance. Valentino Rossi was a distant fourth at most races, the only exception when Lorenzo and Pedrosa were injured, or track conditions played into the Yamaha?s hands.
Rossi?s strength ? his ability to brake late, brake hard, and still get the bike turned ? was completely useless, the bike simply not allowing him to ride that way, the front too soft to handle it. The less stiff front Bridgestone and Yamaha?s failure to address their own weakness worked against the returning Italian.
In part, Rossi himself was to blame. At the end of 2013, Rossi admitted that he had know that the new, softer construction front tire would cause problems when he tested in 2012. But given that he was already, as he put it, ?in the sh*t? with the Ducati, a softer front tire was the least of his problems.
If it slowed the rest up, it might give him a chance to get closer to the Hondas and Yamahas on the Desmosedici. Once he swung his leg back over the YZR-M1, he found himself in deep trouble.
in pratica vale ? stato oltremodo penalizzato da bridgestone (o leggendola al contrario lorenzo ? riuscito a nascondere i punti deboli di yamaha con il suo stile di guida)