Why MotoGP™ bikes are so much faster now than in 2019 💨

Why MotoGP™ bikes are so much faster now than in 2019 💨 | Tech Talk with Simon Crafar

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Holeshot devices, rideheight devices, new tyres, more advanced aero and so much more! 💨
A lot has changed in the past three years to make the bikes faster than ever! Simon Crafar runs us through all the tech advancements in his latest #TechTalk 😎
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@92Cuky_ Жыл бұрын

I am not a racing engineer, but I do understand quite a bit of those concepts talked about in tech talks. And from all the top motorsports categories Simon Crafar (ok, from this season F1TVs Albert Fabrega) are the only two tech talking guys whose explanations are super simplified for everyone to be able to understand, yet you don't feel like they are talking down to you or mocking you. Huge props for that 👍👍

@motosessions Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I thought motoGP could take some notes from F1’s tech series on KZfaq. The presenter isn’t saying ‘I learned…,’ he teaches the audience. I want concise, technical information from an expert.

@tduic Жыл бұрын

Simon - what a legend. Total anti-presenter in many regards (postures, movements, doesn't remember the topics), but as soon as he enters his rider's zone, he's invincible. He probably doesn't even notice, but his constant hand gestures while talking help SO much in understanding the topic he's explaining. And these gestures are 100% like all MotoGP rider's gestures when explaining bike's behavior. All in all, such a lovable guy.

@AmirPomen Жыл бұрын

Thats how a rider talks to their engineer regarding whats happening to the bike as they rode them and whats needed to be changed for them on next session

@jf9979 Жыл бұрын

What he lacks in smoothness he more than makes up for it in charisma and passion.

@dangermonkey7779 Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

Жыл бұрын

If this bloke would talk little louder or position microphone little closer to the face it would be a blessing. He has such weird voice, I can hear him the same if my volume is at 10 or 90% 😄

@tduic Жыл бұрын

@ Well I don't know, I hear him without any problems, loud and clear. Ok, not particularly loud, but clear definitely.

@Spartan_-du9wi Жыл бұрын

Simon is the cool science teacher who's class you looked forward to attending! Guy is awesome! Has taught me so much and makes my watching better!

@DrewMonge Жыл бұрын

I just love listening to Simon Crafar talk. He could talk about virtually anything- and I'm pretty sure I'd be just as interested in that as I am about MotoGP. He just has a comforting tamber in his voice. It's very calming.

@charlestoast4051 Жыл бұрын

Another great, animated talk from Simon - I love his representation of the rear ride height device!

@akaashbhadra7329 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon and thank you MotoGP. This content is golden. I really love this.❤️❤️❤️❤️

@bpjthornton Жыл бұрын

This tech talk series is soooo good! Cheers Simon and Moto GP 👍

@salsyou Жыл бұрын

I appreciate all of Simon's input. His knowledge every race week and on every one of these videos is priceless. He adds so much for us fans. Thank You.

@LHP-Engineering 10 ай бұрын

i could listen to Simon for days and days, just pure passion breathing through his words

@austinperkins1986 Жыл бұрын

I've had many Teachers and Professors in 3 Colleges that had 2 things in common. They were my only PHd instructors and the most passionate, therefore truly enjoyable. I aced their classes because i was enthralled. Simon reminds me of these Educators. I, no doubt, would score 100% of any Test Dr. Crafar might assemble. Good Job Professor!

@stormyboy6692 Жыл бұрын

I've followed the sport since the mid 80s and everytime I think I know everything there is to know, Simon teaches me 2 or 3 new things :)

@0Zolrender0 8 ай бұрын

I am old enough to remember GP races in the 80's. They didn't have any of this stuff and the racing was much more fun to watch as a result.

@greyanaroth Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite bits in motogp: Simon, the racers perspective and the tech talks. What a legend and what a show! Keep it up, mate!

@craigdavies8099 Жыл бұрын

It's the only MOTOGP content I watch... Don't even watch the races any more!!

@neilreid2298 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant explanations Simon- well done, really appreciate your credentials as a pro rider, and thank you.

@MRR-qv3bw Жыл бұрын

Its guys like Simon thats responsible for pushing the bar higher and higher to make our motorcycles rival the technology NASA uses in the space shuttles. The tech alone in the past 10 years is so advanced that its makes you scratch your head on how some of its even possible or how it was thought of. On behalf of the motorcycle addicts like myself thank you for everything you do!

@mikejohnson5900 Жыл бұрын

Well done Simon - a very interesting topic. 20 years ago, on a MotoGP forum I questioned why teams weren't using any sort of aero bits on the machines and was immediately set upon as a rube and stupid person (lol). Fast-forward to 2022 and it seems that aerodynamics have been entirely embraced and actually make the bikes faster.

@Showmetheevidence- Жыл бұрын

Except they’re f*ing up the racing. Badly.

@sepg5084 Жыл бұрын

@@Showmetheevidence- nah

@mitchell-wallisforce7859 Жыл бұрын

@@Showmetheevidence- *Stares at Phillip Island* WOW. That one aged poorly.

@lattepus7888 Жыл бұрын

imo, 20 years ago indeed it was stupid.. but in nowadays motogp, they dont have any other chances/area to develop the bike. engine freeze in 2020 and 2021, homologated single electronic control, etc etc.. chassis wise already matured, brakes are from supplier, single tires, very limited area to develop something. thats why the next reasonable thing is aero.

@Nomads_Rowing Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation as usual - thanks Simon 😎

@KrishnaKumar-hz8my Жыл бұрын

*Pure gold* 🪙🪙🪙 Sir 😎 real content

@ENLSN77 Жыл бұрын

Riders choosing hard fronts in the last ten years or so all makes sense now. Thanks Simon. Oh, and when you were animating counter steering into fast corners i was laughing out loud.. it's one of the riding techniques i didn't realise i already had. Love the show, guys

@grapefruit14532 Жыл бұрын

If I ever have an opportunity to attend a riding school it would be Simons. I feel like I am on the bike experiecing the ride height device just by watching this video. Bravo!

@gerdhermann752 Жыл бұрын

I Watch every episode twice...so much interesting info which forces one to think about it...I love it!

@chrishimes5656 Жыл бұрын

Another great tech talk! Great job to you and the crew. I hope to see more!

@jamaljames2578 Жыл бұрын

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

@snowflakesuperbike8294 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon ! Great Info ! You make Learning Easy !

@Mineratron Жыл бұрын

Love these tech talks and found that a fascinating insight into how it’s all come together over the last couple of years with the advances. 🤓😎

@malcolmthomson6715 Жыл бұрын

Another excellent one, Simon. Makes me proud to hear the kiwi accent.

@benjamindallman3495 Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to listen too, thank you Simon!

@MansfieldPestControl Жыл бұрын

Facinating stuff, and Simon you are the right guy for this Tech Talk. Thanks.

@markg7834 Жыл бұрын

Just the best technical videos in motorsport.

@TheGregouze35 Жыл бұрын

As usual! Perfectly explained and presented

@jaywall6305 Жыл бұрын

Simon is great! Great information and very articulate from a fast former racer! Keep the videos coming 👍🏻

@stevenlane9272 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoy watching these videos, cheers Simon 👍

@davidvanbrunt4233 Жыл бұрын

Simon is a treasure in Moto GP ,such an asset !!!

@markmcdougall4208 Жыл бұрын

Love these vids….keep up the good work Simon👍🤓

@rmv4646 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic explanation, Simon. Thank you!!!

@krzysztofkowol5392 Жыл бұрын

Super impresive. I love that animation style. Great tech talk!

@celsocarvalho1113 Жыл бұрын

Excellent as always. Thanks!

@jeffs2485 Жыл бұрын

Another great tech talk from Simon. Thanks.

@billmcmillan7735 Жыл бұрын

Very informative and entertaining. Thank you Simon

@BlakeFlud Жыл бұрын

Really cool breakdown and explaonations. Look forward to more of these

@imvati Жыл бұрын

Simon so passionate speaking about them bikes Great work!

@ViralVirus Жыл бұрын

Thank you !! Much appreciated 👍🏻😁

@andychallis9044 Жыл бұрын

Cheers simon, that all went in , great career mate ,loving your comments come race day too , keep up the great work mate

@prodigalsonresurrection Жыл бұрын

Very cool, very informative. Thoroughly answered.

@garyalexander2480 Жыл бұрын

Anyone miss the 500 Grand Prix years or just me ?

@charlesnelsonhonnor2520 Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, these are great.

@sploier2115 Жыл бұрын

Interesting,huge step of evelopement. Thanks Simon

@smithmark2773 Жыл бұрын

Yes this is good content. Simon is great. 🏁🏁👍

@dangermonkey7779 Жыл бұрын

Really well done. Great details in the explanation.

@robertwallace7968 Жыл бұрын

Great work Simon,keep it up pal

@mrbbqcraig Жыл бұрын

Totally agree with Spartan_1007 ❗❗ Tech Talk with Simon is really cool, that opening sentence about why the riders found Japan different instantly gets you thinking. The end result is a mind boggling bunch of knowledge, thanks to the teachings of Sensei Simon .... cheers to you 🤟✨

@ENLSN77 Жыл бұрын

Sensei Simon 😄 I love that.. thanks Craig T

@samlagable Жыл бұрын

Classic Livio Suppo! Great tech talk

@izuwannajazi1003 Жыл бұрын

very good xplanation. well done sir!

@-DHR4870 Жыл бұрын

Sweet as explanations. Learnt alot. 🇳🇿👍👌

@jryer1 Жыл бұрын

Excellent commentary by Simon!

@anf2987 Жыл бұрын

Great easy to understand info thanks/

@bertacus4741 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon

@BHFIsmarSecerbegovic Жыл бұрын

Gotta love Simon! ❤😊

@akos127 Жыл бұрын

Hi Simon, your videos are extremely informative, thank you. One interesting info would have been if you can tell the lap time differences from 2019 to 2022. Keep up the good work!

@yr6sport418 Жыл бұрын

Hope this kind of video will come more in the future.

@crisnmaryfam7344 Жыл бұрын

1:00 Physics. Its got to do with the suspension and how a bike react to the sudden torque and weight transfer. Same with your feet and legs, if you put your 160-200ish lbs on the seat, of course its going to assist the front wheel in coming up. Keeping the bike at an angle has to do with the same stuff. The rear swing arm wants to move to allow the bike upward, the suspension fights this, but your weight fights it back, its a combination of balance and skill.

@ChimeraActual Жыл бұрын

@ 1:15 yup, you can still go straight with some lean angle. Lean doesn't turn the bike, turning the bike induces lean angle. @ 6:25 Simon mention how ride height devices help reduce aero induced drag, "a little bit". Which is the same reason the America's cup cats rode bow down at speed. I know I know, no active aero, don't trust the bits or the algo... but wouldn't it be fun?

@jokermtb Жыл бұрын

fascinating synopsis - very impressive

@dylanhedges5634 Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@gilbertotron Жыл бұрын

Love all the tech! ♥️ Let's have more aero and electronic trickery!

@mikeharvey9844 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, great.

@broughxtreme Жыл бұрын

Fantastic and very informative, from Te Awamutu

@dedenugraha7657 Жыл бұрын

Thanks simon

@its999maggle5 Жыл бұрын

I could listen to Simon talk for hours. Thanks for the tech talk.

@frankxaoz1286 Жыл бұрын

I was in the 05’ teams garage and was able to hit the throttle a few times on the Suzuki motogp bike. It was so fast it felt like the gas pedal on a electric car. Instant power

@tonykelly6757 Жыл бұрын

Good job!

@techbros6104 Жыл бұрын

But the change in tyre construction..they don't lean as much in 2019..in 2019 marquez lean 66 in germany...64 and 63 is easily achieveable...now even marquez and fabio 61 and 62 angle

@birajshrestha9044 Жыл бұрын

Its more like sacrifice for straight line speed

@TheDazzler420 Жыл бұрын

Marquez lean and lose speed and not get enough exit speed. Problem was with marquez if Alex rins can bend much lower and find the right line and accelerate perfectly he will get faster exit and compensate bending beyond 60 degree redundant

@future62 Жыл бұрын

Marc was "overleaning" and using his elbows as a 3rd wheel + shoulders as shock absorbers. Not sustainable. 61-63 degrees is more realistic.

@nitrousninja882 Жыл бұрын

The old 500cc two-stroke Grand Prix bikes were more exciting to watch than MotoGP ever has been. Even if the big four-strokes are faster, they aren't as thrilling to watch.

@roberttaggart5757 Жыл бұрын

Whew Simon talk’s you listen !

@barrbr8610 Жыл бұрын

I like the way your hands signal like that

@Jason.cbr1000rr Жыл бұрын

Cool!!

@torr-michaelbennetta9785 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

@noemiangeles9452 Жыл бұрын

Simón! Que bonita motocicleta estas presentando, la gran suzuki, y en color azul, supongo que lo último en tecnología, y también supongo que estas comentando sus ventajas. Saludos Simon! De Noemi de México! 🇲🇽

@jaypadhya1113 Жыл бұрын

Although we know who will be teaming up with peco next year, would love to see part 2 video.

@ChasingTenths Жыл бұрын

Such a Lehman way to explain things in a very simplistic manner , thanks Si

@uthsarawickramasinghe3201 Жыл бұрын

I would love to work with this guy one day 😭❤️

@robertgallacher7214 Жыл бұрын

Yet some lap records suggest they haven't got much faster in recent years and in some cases are slower.

@Unamatrix01 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic Tech Talk Simon,I look forward to further installments.

@bsmukler Жыл бұрын

I wonder whether the the combination of higher speeds at various points on any given MotoGP track along with the complicated effect of devices and aerodynamics also means that the high side incidents are (1) more complicated (due to the additional factors), (2) less predicable (same reason), and (3) potentially more violent due to the relatively higher speed. We see riders emerge relatively quickly from low side slides, but even with air bag suits the violent forces associated with high sides do not mix well with human bodies, especially the extremities.

@bruceesterline3170 Жыл бұрын

He is correct about this 👍

@hrsjohnny Жыл бұрын

I thought lowering device was only used at the start to make it like a drag bike. how are the device switched on when moving? you can see riders pushing and moving up/down to make device switch on at the starting grid. how they do it when moving?

@giodc8599 Жыл бұрын

Simon is the bomb! NEVER let him go, please!

@satriyoajiP Жыл бұрын

when he said "back in my days". feels like i just watch an old tiger who lost his fang but not the claw

@joshb2386 Жыл бұрын

What’s the advantage of the raised rear suspension position then? Better cornering?

@daleriley4055 Жыл бұрын

can we please show us on youtube about motogp tire sizes and compare them to street tires and worldsuperbiketires please

@WahyuAguilera Жыл бұрын

Thai look style 😎

@yorthanikolis1976 Жыл бұрын

Simon, half Italian, just talk with he's hands 🤌👐👍

@ahahahahahaahahaa Жыл бұрын

Holy shit that was a single take!!

@solidground1218 Жыл бұрын

Suzuki such a beautiful bike😎😎😎

@peterwilkinson2912 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant summary. Thank you Simon. Still don’t like the aero wings and winglets.

@5528886219 Жыл бұрын

Very important information, thanks, just add some graphics to make the video more entertaining, regards

@billcag Жыл бұрын

Simon, if the rear ride height is lowered coming out of the corner, improves straight line speed and again lowered at corner entry, why not leave it lowered for the complete lap/race?

@odermate Жыл бұрын

Travel my friend.

@lametraserillos1 Жыл бұрын

nice question, because high position of bike (suspensions and height) is better for the ''rolling'' on curves and handles better the bike movements ... this is called rolling by the tecnicians of mGP , SBK, ... low centre of gravity is good for some things and high centre of gravity is well for another things ... and bikes have a lot more of settings ,wheel base, height pivot swingarm ...

@greyanaroth Жыл бұрын

Perhaps some day, things will align for a motovudu 1 on 1 :)

@Fabioperetta Жыл бұрын

2021 Johan Zarco / 368 km 2022 Jorge Martin / 369 Km🕡 2023. ? / 370 Km I LIKE ✌

@pashakdescilly7517 Жыл бұрын

OK, that 's the theory behind it - so now, how does it work? What sort of device do they use for rear ride height adjustment? How are the aerodynamics different? Some tech info would be good......