MotoGP: Rossi debuts Yamaha fairing update
Yamaha 𒐪revealed its proposed 201🎶8 in-season fairing update during Monday's official test at Brno.
The design is a more radical evolution of the current fairing, including a un🔯ique cutaway front mudguard.
Howev🐓er Valentino Rossi - the only rider to use the new fairing, with Maverick Vinales resting foll𒊎owing his big lap one accident in the race - said:
"Yes, I tried the cowl🍸ing also to help with the wheelie, but it feels very sim𒀰ilar."
Yamaha revealed its proposed 2018 in-🅠season fairing update during Monday's official test a🎉t Brno.
The design is a more radical evo𝓀lution of t꧙he current fairing, including a unique cutaway front mudguard.
However Valentino Rossi - the only rider to use the new fairing, ♊with Maverick Vinales resting following his big lap one accident in the race - said:
"Yes, I tried th𓃲e cowlin📖g also to help with the wheelie, but it feels very similar."
Since it has not been used in a grand prix&nb✨sp;weekend, it is not yet clear if the fairing has been deemed legal by technical director Danny Aldridge. Yamaha could also choose to revise and re-test the design if they wish.
However once a rider has t𝓀aken a new (homologated) fai✤ring design on track during a GP session, it counts as their one in-season update and cannot be withdrawn.
Honda and Ducati have already used their in-season fairing update. The Suzuki, Aprilia and KTM riders - like Yamaha - are thought to have their 2018 update still avaꦇilable.
The MotoGP fairing rules will be tightened in 2019, with more restric𒈔tions on the design and no possibility to remove parts.
Peter has been in the paddock for🌳 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
