JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Today, Tuesday (17/1/2023), Monster Energy Yamaha confirmed launching the team and YZR-M1 version 2023 in Indonesia.
Yamaha YZR-M1 racing motorbike for MotoGP The 2023 season is one that will make you curious. The reason is, test rider Cal Crutchlow states that there is a much better performance improvement than the previous version.
Crutchlow said that this time the YZR-M1 had the fastest maximum speed among the previous racing motorbikes, even though they both used the same engine. inline 4.
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“We have top speed which is much higher with this 2023 engine,” Crutchlow said Paddock-GP (16/1/2023).
“The bike will be the fastest at the end of the straight and will be more competitive, because Fabio will not be easily passed by and maybe he will be able to overtake other riders,” he said.
Even so, according to Crutchlow, maximum speed is not the main thing that Yamaha is thinking about. Making the motorbike quieter during the race is said to be more important.
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“I tell them what I think and what I think is important. But I’m not a mechanic, so it’s not easy either,” said Crutchlow.
“But I tried a lot of materials. The difference between the current test and my first test was amazing. There are now 27 employees at the test site, so it’s full to capacity. That’s good, I like it. The test team is getting better,” he said.
For information, the launch of the Monster Energy Yamaha team can be witnessed live on social media and the official Yamaha MotoGP website, on Tuesday (17/1/2023) starting at 10.00 WIB.
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