MotoGP Test Rider Restrictions

In the modern era, a test rider has a very important role in the development of MotoGP bikes.

A test rider will be the first to try out the latest MotoGP bikes, the latest components, long before they are tried out by the main riders in each team.

However, it turns out that there is one important taboo that one should absolutely avoid. test rider MotoGP.

Not a food restriction or anything, but a restriction on being too honest with his regular riders.

This was revealed directly by Dani Pedrosa, who has been a KTM test rider for the past few years.

As the person who knows more about the bike or its components, a test rider will be the target of many people's questions, including the main riders.

Usually, regular riders will first ask about the bike, its components, whether it is good or not, and many other things.

A test rider should allow regular riders to get a feel for the bike and its components on their own.

"Not everything you try works. There are situations where the riders come very anxious, sometimes you can succeed, but not everything is as they expect," Pedrosa was quoted as saying. GridOto.com.

"The engineers always tell me not to tell the other riders and to let them try and decide for themselves," he explains.

If you are told in advance about the good and bad of a component, it will affect the psychology of the racers.

The lead driver may not be objective in his assessment because he has already heard the opinions of the other drivers. test rider.

Michele Pirro is the same way, test rider Ducati Corse.

When undergoing shakedown test At Sepang in February, for example, he kept getting calls from Pecco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini who were curious about the Borgo Panigale team's new bike.

Pirro prefers to keep quiet and sort out what can be told to the two riders.

Rather than his judgment being swayed by the test riderIt is better to wait until the rider tries it himself and then come to a conclusion together.