In recent years, the MotoGP bikes have been getting faster and breaking old records on many tracks. This is because the manufacturers are finding ways to make them quicker within the current rules. However, some people are not happy with the way things are going, especially with the use of fancy aerodynamic devices.
Marc Marquez, who has won the MotoGP championship six times, has been speaking out against these aerodynamic aids for a while. Another rider, Dani Pedrosa, who has won 31 grand prix races, also didn’t like them when he raced as a wildcard in the Spanish Grand Prix last week.
But not everyone feels the same. Di Giannantonio, a MotoGP rider, thinks the bikes are great as they are now. He loves riding them and thinks they represent the best in motorcycle engineering. He says, “A MotoGP bike has to be a prototype. A full prototype bike has to be the maximum expression of motorcycle engineering.”
He gets excited about all the new aerodynamic things and the power of the bikes. He compares them to Formula 1 cars on two wheels. However, he understands that some people worry that all these aerodynamic changes might make racing less exciting.
Di Giannantonio, who is newer to MotoGP, acknowledges this concern. He knows that with all the new technology, it’s getting harder for riders to pass each other during races. But despite this, he still thinks the current MotoGP bikes are amazing to ride. He doesn’t want to go back to how things were before, even if it means the racing might be more thrilling.
He says, “For the show, at the moment, it’s a bit more critical because with all the things that we have it’s becoming worse and worse to do some overtakes. But as a rider, the [current] MotoGP bike is fantastic. I would never go back. Maybe we have to go back but I would never go back.”
