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Life is often not quite as simple as that! There are various other reasons for why it is easier to overtake on a motorbike in MotoGP compared to F1. There has
by mwg66 12y ago
Life is often not quite as simple as that!
There are various other reasons for why it is easier to overtake on a motorbike in MotoGP compared to F1. There has been many introductions to ease overtaking in F1 recently - DRS, KERs (now ERS), tyre compounds etc.
There is even a working group within the FIA dedicated to exactly this, one of it's most famous studies is the CDG wing (see http://www.f1technical.net/articles/4577 http://www.f1technical.net/articles/4577) - which ultimately was not adopted.
- Theodores 12y agoThanks for the link on the CDG wing - I did not know that. Any ideas why it was not given a go? It seems vastly more in the spirit of racing than the 'push to pass' DRS that has not been exactly popular with the dedicated fan. I don't think the Pirelli tyres have been that popular with fans either. The CDG wing appears a lot more true to the spirit of what racing is about.
- mwg66 12y agoI think it was ultimately concluded that it wouldn't work in practice as well as the preliminary CFD results suggested. It was an interesting study none the less.