Explained: How the factory Ducati will be better than Marc Marquez’s GP23

Ducati technical director spills secret abou♊t the key difference between the GP23 and GP24

Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez’s Ducati this season will lack the devel🥃opments that will be added to four of his rivals’ bikes.

Factory Ducati pair Francesco Bagnaia and Enea B🀅astianini, and Pramꩲac’s Jorge Martin and Franco Morbidell, will profit from the new GP24.

The Marquez brotꦓhers at Gresini, and VR46’s Marco Beﷺzzecchi and Fabio di Giannantonio, must ride a year-old Desmosedici.

Ducati technical director Davide Barana told how the newer version will be more advanced than 💛Marquez’s: “"I think the difference between GP24 and GP23 will be higher than that between GP23 and GP22.”

He identified the key change as “power”.

Barana ex🐎plained: "Reach 370 km/h𝔍? No, it will be noticeable in very few km/h.

“To achieve almost tenꦏ km/h, d﷽ozens of horsepower are needed.

“Furthermore, top speed﷽ depends on power, but also on aerodynamics.

"If yo💜u have a lot of surface area to make downforce, it will cost you more i🤪n top speed.

“But 🐓there are other things, that's why you have to reach a balance.

"Then, we will have an aerodynamic package, wh💫ich, as usual, we will take to Sepang.

“In the presentation we saw the aerodynamics of the previo💧us year... also because we have few parts, we always arrive at the last minute.

“The difference will be visible. The differeℱnces are quite clear.

“In the simulations, on paper,🌼 it gives us good results and it has to be confirmed on the track by the riders, at the level of feeling.”

Ma𓆉rquez tested a GP22 at the poꦯstseason Valencia test, his Ducati debut, last year.

He will jo♈in every other MotoGP rider in testing his ౠnew machinery at the Sepang test on February 6-8.

Honda and Yamaha riders will have a head-start, and be allowed to test at the shakedown on February 1-൩3, due to the new concession🦋s rules.

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