Marc Marquez: MotoGP ‘going the opposite way to F1’ on aero, 2027 ‘too late’

Marc Marquez has once again warned about the impact of advanced aerodynamics in MotoGP, adding that waiting until 2027 to change the regulations is ‘too late’.
Marc Marquez, MotoGP race, Austrian MotoGP, 20 August
Marc Marquez, MotoGP race, Austrian MotoGP, 20 August

Along with stricter tyre pressure enforcement and a stop-go track layout, the influence of downforce and dirty air was cited as a💛 reason for the lack of overtaking in last weekend’s Austrian MotoGP.

“I already said about꧋ this two, three or fꦕour years ago," Marquez said, when asked about the quality of the ‘show’ on Sunday. "But some people are against the aerodynamic things, other people are in favour.

“And then if you say something [against aero] people say, ‘it’s because you cannot adapt to these ♈aerodynamics’.

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“You can adapt. But the actual MotoGP [show now] depends much mo𒉰re about your bike, because 🗹if you don't have the aerodynamics, you don't have the traction…

“And then to a✃ttack and overtake riders becomes mo꧑re and more difficult. It becomes like Formula 1. And Formula 1 is going in the opposite way.

“Looks like [F1 wants] less dow𓃲nfo🉐rce and less effect about the aero. And we are going in the opposite way. Every time bigger, bigger, bigger.

“It looks like in 2027 it will change, but it's too late. I mean, three [more] years li♚ke this, the development is going to have more and more and more downforce.”

Jorge
Jorge

One rider that did make subst✨antial progress in the race was Jorge Martin.

The Pramac Ducati rider qualified in twelfth, climbed quickly to seventh, but then dropped to 13th after servinꦡg a long lap penalty.

The Spaniard, who fought through to seventh again, pointed the finger a𓆉t the higher starting tyre pressures nee🍎ded to avoid a risk of a post-race penalty, under the new system of stricter pressure enforcement.

“It’s a pressure thing. With these pressure limits,” Martin said of the spread-out racing. “Normally we go into the [correct tyre pressure] range on the ninth lap and already on the first lap I had a good pressure! So this means at lap nine, I was overheating🦹 quite a lot.

“I felt it. You cannot follow [closely] because the🃏 tyre gets overheated. It is really difficult.

“That is why coming from 13th was very complicated and as soon as I𝓡 had [fresh air] I pulled six seconds away from the rider behind.

"It is very difficജult to follow and we need to find a way, otherwise it will be very bori🔯ng racing.”

The Spaniard felt the addition of a chicane betw♔een turns 2 and 3, introduced last season, has ꦆonly added to the issue.

“It is another braking point that overheats the tyres more🍸. But for sure it is also less dangerous for the third corner,” he said.

The current five-year cycle of technical rules runs until the end of 2026. Any changes before the🤪n can only be made on safety grounds or with unanimous agreement from the five manufacturers.

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