MotoGP: Crutchlow: Wings… Waste of money!
Cal Crutchlow certainly isn't afra🌄id of doing things his own w🅠ay.
And when it comes to the spread of aerodynamic winglet fairings and rider coaches in MotoGP, the LCR Honda rider is openly sceptical of how much differenc🦩e they make.
"We have to say Honda have done a good job. I was fastest [on day one], Dani and Marquez fastest [on day two, aဣnd then Pedrosa fastest on day three]," Crutchlow said during t꧙he Thailand test.
"For a bike with no wings I 𓆏think we're saving a fantastic amount of budget and still go𝓀ing fast.
Cal Crutchlow certainly isn't afraid of doing things his ow𒆙n way.
And when it co෴mes to the spread of aer😼odynamic winglet fairings and rider coaches in MotoGP, the LCR Honda rider is openly sceptical of how much difference they make.
"We have to say Honda have done a good job. I was fastest [on day one], Dani and Marquez fastest [on day two, and ဣthen P🌞edrosa fastest on day three]," Crutchlow said during the Thailand test.
"Fo♕r a bike with no wings I think we're saving a fantastic amount of budget✨ and still going fast.
"It shows we don't need wings to go fast. We used [wings] in Malaysia just t♓o try, but all our fastest times there were set without them. And all our fastest times here were set without th𓃲em.
"Waste of money!" he grinned.
The Englishman h🀅as a similar opinion when it comes tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo rider coaches.
"I know how to ride a bike. I get the data of Marc, the fastest guy in the world. I ride the samꦉe bike as him. If I need to learn something or do something different, I look at that.
"So I know how the other guys do it - maybe I 🎉just can't do it. Simple as that. But I know also sometimes Marc can't do something I can do."
When it wa﷽s pointed out that Marquez has manager Emilio Alzamora to provide trackside feedback, Crutchlow added:
"Yeah, but in the end it's not rocket science. What do you want? Somebody to say, 'this guy, in this corner, is going faster than yo✅u'♛. Okay cool. And..?"
Instead the Englishman relies on what he&n🌳bsp;personal🐈ly sees other riders doing, via TV footage or by 'reading' the track.
"You can see [the different lines] on TV🐻 and you can see t🐼he black lines on the track.
"I'm not sayin๊g I would neve🍸r have [a rider coach], but I don't believe they would make me go any faster.
"That's my personal opinion.
"Some guys need their ego-massaged, as we know. B🗹ut also their coaches need thei꧒r ego-massaged! That's why a lot of them are here. I don’t think they are a benefit...
"If Marc didn't have a rider coach he'd still win✤ the world title."
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 issue🐎s.
