Casey Stoner: “Some riders wouldn’t get same results without traction control”

Casey St𝓡oner says some MotoGP riders are “are often faster than they should be"

Casey Stoner
Casey Stoner

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Casey Stoner claims that some front-running MotoGP riders wouldn’t achieve the same good results without the he♌lp of traction control.

Stoner is a v🔯ocal critic of the technology in todayꦦ’s MotoGP.

Traction control - which has improved safety and reduced highsides by limiting wheelies - is also responsible for improvi🎐♊ng the performance of some riders, according to Stoner.

He was asked by if the bike is now important than the r𓆏ider, aꦚnd he replied: ​"I think so and I don't agree with this progression.

“Some riders are much better at exiting corners and ꧃having more control during acceleration, like Dani Pedro🌄sa.

“The qualities needed to demonstrate s🌄uperior, quality riding no longer exist.

“The only way you can make a difference is to🌼 brake later to enter the corner.

“For ex🍌ample, in 2011 Dani Pedrosa was almost two tenths faster than me on the same bike.

“He did something incredible with the rear brake to stop🐷 wheelies and gain a lot of distance.

“There was noℱ difference, he was simply betterཧ than me.

“Now the rider’s control eleme🌟nts such as traction, tyre management and wheelie risk are masked by electronics."

Could back-to-back premier class champion Francesco Bagnaia be as dominant❀ without the help of electronics?

Stoner said: "Pecco races on dirt tracks, which is why he 🐽knows how to manage🤪 sliding and spinning.

“These are just some of the many riding elemen𝔍ts that disappear behind the help of extra comp♊onents.

“In my opinion Marco Bezzecchi, for example, would probab⛦ly be more competitive.

🌱“There are some riders who run at the front who I don't think would get the same results if traction control were removed…

“They are often faster than they should be."

Stoner believes the technoloဣgy is also having an impact off-track.

Commenting on his formerܫ team Honda, he said: "Alberto Puig is✅n't working badly in my opinion, but the circumstances have put Honda in difficulty.

“I also understand their position: at the moment the championship doesn't seem to have rigid regulations, the rules can be adapted and changed depending oꦑn the preferences of the manufacturers.

“Why should Honda commit to the development of a moto🦩rcycle when the rules cha𒅌nge again and again to make them adapt to someone else?

“There is too much movement behind the scenes."

Stoner is a two-time MotoG♑P champion who won his titles with Ducati and Honda.

It took Ducati 15 years after Stoner’s 2007 success to wﷺin again, via Bagnaia in 2022.

Sꦫtoner has part-b꧋lamed the increasing amount of technology for his retirement at the age of just 27.

“I loved riding bikes the most, I loved 𒅌eking everything that I could out of a bike. I was🔜 very self-critical,” he has previously said.

“When these bikes became too much electronics, too much wheelie-control, the enjoyment disappea🎀redꦍ.

“The series became political.”

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