Many MotoGP riders have expressed surprise at th🔯e radical camꩲber of the re-profiled final corner at the Sepang International Circuit, venue for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix.

Not only has the whole circui𒀰t been resurfaced for this season's race, but changes have been made to nine sections of the track, with the most eye-catching at Turn 15.

The final corner now has a large amount of negative c🔯amber on the inside, to try and slow riders onto the following main straight and also to solve the issue of puddles forming.

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With the exception of Cal Crܫutchlow, who tested at the circuit in July, riders gꦗot their first look at the redesign when they arrived fresh from last weekend's Phillip Island race.

"I was cycling the track and I thought my inside pedal touched the asphalt," said Suzuki's Aleix Espargaro. "The♍ banking is so heavy. For me there is no sense to make the banking like this. The risk to crash is very, very high. I've never seen a corner like this."

Younger brother Pol Espargaro exꦚpressed a similar view and believes the corner could prove a ꧋particular challenge for the Michelin front.

"The change is so big. We don't have a type of corner like this during the whole season," said the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider. "It's negative [camber], but it🎃's a lot. It's clear to see when you are walking, so you can imagine on the bike. It's huge.

"If you want to🌱 make a faster or more fun corner, you have to do positive [camber].

"The problem is that at some races we've faced s♈ome problems wi🎐th the front tyres, with Michelin. So if here for whatever reason we have a problem with the front, it will be the most critical corner of the season."

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Having ridden the turn, Australian Grand Prix winner Crutchlow described it as: "A strange corner now. The braking point is nearly the same, but with the drop in the track going down so much you really have to be patient with the exit.

"We saw in the Formula One, they were just going around the outside🤡 of the corner as much as possible to miss the banking. That doesn't really work on our bikes but we'll try it! We'll try every line.

"I didn't really think they nܫeeded to do that into the last corner, but it adds a bit more excitement I suppose for everyone."

While no rider likes negative camber, due to the loss of grip and therefore speed, the success of the corner re-design will ultimately come down to how well it controls top speeds on the straight (run-off at turn one can🀅not be extended) and prevents puddles.

The other concern raised by Crutchlow at the💫 test was🔯 water seeping through the asphalt.

"It seems that maybe they might have been able to fix it. I don't know. But when there were only th𝔍ree bikes we were riding around really slow, way of🍬f the lap times of last year," said the LCR Honda rider.

"But we know from the World Superbike race, they were going faster than other years, so we know the grip is good once the track is clean. Hopefully the weather will stay dry this weekend, but it doesn't lo🤡ok like it at the moment..."

Either way, Pol Espargaro believes data from the pre-season test will no longer🦩 be relevant.

"The track is coꦉmpletely different. F1 was five seconds faster."

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