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

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

The final corner now has a larg⭕e amount of negative camber 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 Cꩲal Crutchlow, who tested at the circ🍌uit in July, riders got 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."

Yo🦄unger brother Pol Espargaro expressed 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 youౠ are walking, so you can imagine on the bike. It's huge.

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

"The problem is t𒊎hat at some races we've faced some problems with 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, t♚hey 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 ꧑try it! We'll try every line.

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

While no rider likes negative camber, due to the lo🙈ss 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 cannot be extended) and prevents puddles.

The other concern raised by Crutchlow at the test wasဣ 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 three bikes we were riding around really slow, way off the lap times of last year," said the LCR Honda rꩲider.

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

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

"The track is completely different. F1 wꦛas five seconds faster."

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