2021 DUCATI MotoGP unveil

Ducati Forum

Help Support Ducati Forum:

Na, scandal coverup, something to do with the clergy, and a weird scars from an abduction. It all started when they uncovered the meaning behind his #93. 9+3=12, backwards it's 21!
something something Antifa something something.
But Ducati has a plan to combat their witchcraft!

Screenshot 2021-02-10 at 18.06.32.png


Screenshot 2021-02-10 at 18.05.01.png


Can you believe they're bringing back Troy Bayliss!

I'm just kidding.

youpaiyou said:
Returning too soon, a sliding door, re-injuring the arm, more surgeries, and infection.
Click to expand...
 
Vbreeze said:
"Boardroom-racing" is generally referring to modern racing at a level like MotoGP and F1 where teams manipulate rules and negotiate rulings etc to push things to their advantage. It's a strategy that usually favors by a long way the teams with the most money. Start with the 1 tire rule. It's too expensive for a tire manufacturer to make custom tires and only win a few races a year especially the way Dorna has it's business model expensive superscription viewing instead of free to see around the world where the audience size would be 100X what it is now. With only 1 tire company, they "win every race." But what kind of tire will they make? Soft carcass / tough tread favoring Ducati... or a hard carcass / soft tread favoring Honda...? Honda sells what is it, 19,300,000 million anual. Ducati sells around 53,000. Can you see any advantage here for a tire manufacturer to favor one or the other moto company? Stack that with every advantage you can think of and also the ones you can't think of.
Click to expand...

I suspected that’s what you meant. It seems to me that Honda has been the dominant manufacturer in MotoGP for the past 30 years, followed closely by Yamaha (something like 15 and 12 titles respectively I think?).

I think it would be good to have multiple tire manufacturers competing, but the risk is that one is significantly superior and the series devolves into nothing more than a tire contest.
 
Ya, that was the year 2008 I think it was? It was basically, "have Bridgestone, win race." So Bridgestone won the single tire manufacturer contract and started making shitpie instead of tires. 2-3" chunks of rubber were flying off during the race. Dorna switched to Michelin. This is how Ducati got so screwed and had to completely rethink its frame and engine placement because it's such a different bike than the Japanese bikes.

Exactly. These are prototype motorcycles of course they need prototype level tires. One tire means, everyone has to build the bike around the tire. So Ducati went to the aluminum frame after years of running midfield races with trelis frames or carbon fiber - disaster.

craig bush said:
I suspected that’s what you meant. It seems to me that Honda has been the dominant manufacturer in MotoGP for the past 30 years, followed closely by Yamaha (something like 15 and 12 titles respectively I think?).

I think it would be good to have multiple tire manufacturers competing, but the risk is that one is significantly superior and the series devolves into nothing more than a tire contest.
Click to expand...
 

Similar threads

panibadboy
New Multistrada V4
Replies
4
Views
212
panibadboy
panibadboy
JohnSmith
2025 Ducati V2
2 3 4
Replies
61
Views
3K
chris838
C
V
V4 caliper carbon air duct
Replies
3
Views
605
vegas2033
V
DCPanni
New MotoGp team
Replies
12
Views
744
baggerman
B
SuperDomestique
MotoGP 2024
25 26 27
Replies
537
Views
13K
baggerman
B

Register CTA

Register on Ducati Forum! This sidebar will go away, and you will see fewer ads.

Recent Discussions

Back
Top