The current-day MotoGP bikes have been getting quicker and quicker and breaking long-time lap information at many circuits, as producers eke out increasingly more pace from the present ruleset forward of a significant rules overhaul in 2027.
However a number of the improved efficiency has come from more and more subtle aero units, which has led to criticism from some quarters.
Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has been a vocal critic of aero aids for a few years, whereas 31-time grand prix winner Dani Pedrosa additionally expressed his disapproval after making a wildcard look within the Spanish Grand Prix final week.
Nevertheless, Di Giannantonio is proud of the course MotoGP has taken, highlighting the pleasure he derives from using modern-day grand prix bikes.
“It relies upon as a result of as a rider, for the time being, the MotoGP bike is simply implausible. I might by no means return actually,” he mentioned. “A MotoGP bike needs to be a prototype. A full prototype bike needs to be the utmost expression of bike engineering.
Fabio Di Giannantonio, VR46 Racing Workforce
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“Truthfully, I am going loopy after I see all the brand new aero issues, all the brand new units, all the ability that we have now, as a result of on the finish we’re using a Method 1 [car] with two wheels. However it needs to be like this from my standpoint.”
One of many arguments put ahead in opposition to aero dependence is the detrimental impact it has on racing, because it makes it more durable for bikes to observe one another and execute overtaking strikes.
Di Giannantonio, who is likely one of the newer riders on the grid having made his debut in 2022, accepts this criticism however nonetheless would not need MotoGP to have guidelines that resemble previous-generation bikes.
“For the present, for the time being, it is a bit extra vital as a result of with all of the issues that we have now it is changing into worse and worse to do some overtakes.
“However as a rider the [current] MotoGP bike is implausible. I might by no means return. Perhaps we have now to return however I might by no means return.”
