Suzuki follows in the footsteps of Aprilia and Ducati by introducing wings on the tail

September 23, 2022

Although the Hamamtsu manufacturer will leave the MotoGP World Championship at the end of the season, thus breaching a contract that it had signed until the end of 2026, in the Suzuki aerodynamic engineering laboratory they continue to work and apply ideas that, during the course, have implemented some of its competitors.

This Friday, in the first and only free practice of this first day of the Japanese Grand Prix, the home race for the team, Suzuki has mounted some wings on the back of the bike of its only regular rider this weekend, since Joan Mir is still out recovering from the fractures he suffered in Austria.

At the end of May, Aprilia surprised with a car-like spoiler on the rear of test rider Lorenzo Savadori’s bike, which was subsequently tested by starters Aleix Espargaró and Maverick Viñales, who have discarded it, with the part of the aerodynamic package disappearing from the bike. Noah’s house.

At the beginning of August it was Ducati who made a set of four small wings appear on the motorcycles of its riders on the tail of the Desmosedici, at first the riders assured that they did not notice any difference, but the data and the criteria of the engineers prevailed over the opinion of the pilots and now, in full control and drunkenness of victories, all the riders of the Bologna manufacturer wear them.

As of this Friday, Suzuki has joined the group and has mounted two ‘mustache’-type wings on the tail part of Rins’ bike.

Basically, these small appendages help stability under braking, one of the most critical points at Motegi, a ‘stop & go’ circuit that is characterized by very strong stops and accelerations, with the Hamamatsu technicians seeking to keep the bike on the line. corner entry without losing stability.

Alex Rins, Team Suzuki MotoGP