While gaps between MotoG🌠P and WorldSBK machines have always had a tendency to fluctuate bas🍒ed on circuit lengths, bike development and the riders onboard said bikes, last week’s Portimao WorldSBK test showed that MotoGP has perhaps lost its clear advantage. 

Four WorldSBK riders including world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista, who toppღed the two-day test, broke the Portimao Superbike lap record, and while not a total su🐽rprise, it was how close they were to matching MotoGP times that was the most impressive part. 

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Bautista managed to put a short race stint together where he lapped within 1-to-2 tenths slower than 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo’s fastest in-race lap during last season’s Portuguese Grand Prix, while the Spaniard’s time attack run saw him finish three tenths down on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia’s MotoGP lap record. 

Superbikes have incredible technology which has only got better over the last few years, however, given the cost difference between building both bikes, to lap within such small margꦕins around a long lap is very impressive if we’re looking at it from a WorldSBK point of view.

In regards to MotoGP, improved aerodynamics in the form of winglets and holeshot devices - the front holꦛeshot device has been banned in MotoGP for 2023 but not the rear device - have led to huge development gains, thus allowing MಞotoGP bikes to reach unimaginable speeds, which in-trun could and has already produced horrific-looking crashes.

And while a ♏reduction in speed has been highlighted as something worth considering by many watching the sport, Dorna’s Director of Technology, Corrado Cecchinelli, told that no change will be made unless the same reduction in speed is applied to Superbike racing. 💯;

Ce♑cchinelli said: "To limit the performance of MotoGP bikes we could decrease💖 the engine capacity or simply decrease the bore even further. Obviously we should also intervene on the Superbike. 

"The problem 𝐆is also in the diversity🌠 of the mono-tyre chosen, because Pirelli is focusing a lot on development and this increases the performance of the production-derived bikes." 

Cecchinellꦡi also spoke about the challenge that comes with setting regulations as he believes engineers will always find ways to get around the obstacles in ඣfront of them.

"The problem with regulations is that no matter how much thou🔜ght goes into them, they can be got around🀅," added the Dorna official. "There are dozens of engineers who know how to do it… and of course, they do. 

"In🌄 the current regulations, for example, the wings must be built with a certain stiffness, in order not to flex and stall. As you will recall it happened in F1 before t♉he introduction of a specific norm. 

"One of the effects of the lowering device is precisely to change ⛄the angle of the attack on the wings. 

"Then of course, the load on ꦫthe rear wheel increases which improves acceleration. These two effects combined allow for higher speeds, becওause in any motorsport competition speed on the straights is crucial."