Following yesterday's story on Ducati's updated ✃fro🐠nt ride-height system, photographer Hazr﷽in Ye🍌ob Men Shah has trawled through his Sepang MotoGP testing archive and found exactly what we were looking for: The same Ducati GP22, with and without the latest ride-height system in use, at the same corner.

These pictures show Johann Zarco exiting Turn 14 without the ride-height system and then with the ride-height system 💎deployed (most obvious from the compressed rear suspension):

Above: Zarco exits Turn 14 without the ride-height system engaged. Below: Zarco exits Turn 14 with the ride-height system engaged (pics: Hazrin CRIC).

While the gap between the front wheel and bodywork gives an indication of what ꧒is happening, as described yesterday&♒nbsp;the thing to focus on is the amount that the lower front fork leg (gold) is extended in each picture:

In both shotꦗs the front wheel is just off the ground and so under no load.

But while the left picture (without the ride-height activated) shows the fork fully extended in a normal uncompressed position, matching the pit lane image of the GP22 suspension shown yesterday, the right shot shows the front suspensi🌱on compressed even though the wheel is not touching the ground.

That is exactly what you would expect to see from a front ride-height system and, therefore, all but confirms Ducati can now lower both the front and rear of the GP22 during cornerꦍ exit (as well as at the start of a race).

The fork is not as compressed as during a practice start (see yesterday's story), but the difference on Zarco's bike is nonetheless clear compared to when riding wi༒thout engaging the ride-height device.

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We speculated yesterday, from the inconclusive Factory Ducati pics, that&nb♋sp;'perhaps the front system had [already] disengaged... when the front wheel begins 'floating'. If so, might the front be used more as a cornering device, to keep weight on the tyre through the middle of the turn, than anti-wheelie on the exit?' 

Today's pictures show the Ducati suspension does clearly remain in at least a partly compressed state after the front-wheel breaks contact with the asphalt, the point of maximum a﷽cceleration. 

However, since the front wheel doesn't contribute further to anti-wheelie once it is off theꦜ ground♏, the front device has a smaller window of use than the rear and it remains a possibility that it is also an aid for front grip and turning during the earlier stages of cornering.

More will be known when more detailed footage emerges, showing 🎶;exactly when the fron𓄧t fork is compressed, by how much at its maximum and when it is then released.

The fact Zarco has the new front system is not a surprise, with previous Pramac rider Jack Mille🐼r doing the development work for Ducati's rear holeshot/ride-height device. Once refined, it then made its way over to the Factory team. Without giving details, Zarco's team-mate Jorge Martin also spoke of "pressing the same button" to use the n🦋ew front system.

The question now is, how l𒀰ong it will take Ducati's rivals to catch up...