My latest #MotoGP thoughts:300 reasons to smile
http://mythoughtsabout2wheels.blogspot.se (http://mythoughtsabout2wheels.blogspot.se)
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Cheers.
/David "Gonzo" Boda #46
I've read countless professional articles on motorbike magazines that are much much worse than your ones.
In fact, almost all the ones I've read are worse than your ones. You should write professionally man !
MaX.
great article, you have a natural talent for explaining things
Thank you guys for all the kind words. :)
QuoteDucati can also run the more advanced open spec ecu-software - a clear advantage over the open entries. Dovizioso and Ianonne have proved that they can be at the sharp end when it comes to qualifying, and under the right circumstances (meaning problems for the factory boys) they can even clinch a podium or two. But the problem is riding the bike at a high pace during an entire race.
As far as i know Ducati has to use the same ECU spec as all the other Open bike teams regardless if it is the Factory Ducati or the Pramac Ducati Team. Both teams are on open bikes. They may have an advantage because magneti Marelli is really close working with Ducati and they have an advantage because Ducati is working with part of the software since years ;-)
Ducati still has the additional advantage to develop the engines during the season, using 12 instead if 5 engines, use of 4l more fuel and the soft tyre compared to the other big manufacturers Honda and Yamaha.
Good writing :)
C21
An example of what I was referring to:
http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/200887/1/motogp-factory-2-triggered-by-ducati-advantage.html
This years rules are just one big joke.
Let's allow Suzuki to have 1200cc bikes next year and call that "Factory new entrant open class plus plus", maybe they'll be competitive ...
MaX.
Hmm.... ???
maybe i misunderstand what i have quoted....
My understanding is that the ECU software is indeed the same for all the open bikes.
The problem seems to be that Ducati seems to have been sort of developing this software in close relationship with Marelli, so much that it's almost Ducati's software.
They are even talking about taking the Ducati factory software and make it "public": all the open teams could use it (if they are capable to do so, which is far from granted), but Ducati will de facto keep on using their own private software (made public to abide to the rules).
Just silly: I don't even think all this is helping them that much. Haven't seen any info on fuel consumption though ...
MaX.
QuoteThe problem seems to be that Ducati seems to have been sort of developing this software in close relationship with Marelli, so much that it's almost Ducati's software.
That´s my understanding also.
They have an advantage because the software developer of the new Open-ECU package is mainly Ducati ;)
Magneti Marelli is an electronic hardware developer first and only in second row a software developer.