Saturday’s action – aside from the three-day shakedown for test riders and rookies – marked the first MotoGP running since the two-day end-of-season test at Jerez last November.
There we got a glimpse at what manufacturers had been working on behind the scenes for 2022, and it raised the question: what would become 2022’s tech battleground.
The advent of spec electronics for the whole grid in 2016, designed to level the playing field, as well as a freeze on engine development for non-concession manufacturers forced factories to explore other avenues to get the jump on their competitors.
Ducati has typically been the trendsetter in recent years, first with the introduction of its aerodynamic winglets in 2015 – which soon became widely copied before being outlawed at the end of 2016 to keep costs from spiralling.
Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati Team
Photo by: Ducati Corse
But this only led teams to develop the aerodynamic fairings we see today – though, again, the rulemakers…
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