MotoGP: Colin Edwards explains the problems with his CRT in the Sepang tests
Colin Edwards, a rider with great experience in Superbike and MotoGP, is riding the Suter BMW CRT this year. In the tests concluded yesterday in Sepang, the performance of his bike was not good at all, in the end he paid for a gap of over five seconds from Stoner, the fastest on the track. Edwards is however confident, as it was the chattering that slowed him down a lot and not other components. The word is up to him.
“After the first day we realized that we had some serious chattering problems and that we needed to work hard. The electronics from Jerez have improved a lot, the Bosch guys have done a really great job. I am satisfied. Of course it wasn't easy to return to this track after what happened with Marco a few months ago. During the first lap I also slowed down at turn 11, a form of respect towards him. But then there was work to do and I concentrated exclusively on the development of the bike. I honestly thought that, given three days, running 2:02, 2:03 was possible, but I didn't expect that chattering problem. In the end we finished in 2:04, but without this problem, it wouldn't have been difficult to reach our goal. We just have to come back and fix it. We have various ideas and a lot of work already under our belt: we have probably tested more components here in the last two days than in my entire career at Yamaha. In terms of the bike, the 2012 version features a totally different frame, as well as the swingarm and the engine is excellent, thanks to BMW. Our electronics guys are managing the power. It's one thing to have a fast bike, it's another to know how to ride it for 20 laps in a row. We will have to play a lot with the electronics and eliminate the chattering, which with the new Bridgestones is more intense than in Jerez. In any case, this CRT adventure is a beautiful one because you can develop something and not simply be one of many: Here you go, you can run with this…. We are building something together and it's a great feeling to be able to grow a bike exactly how I want it. I'm really happy."
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Well, it was like I was saying, everyone is happy in Sepang, even those with the CRTs :-) jokes aside, I really hope that Colin and Randy will be able to show the way for the performance of the CRTs, and I believe that Colin with his skills as a test driver is the best purchase that CRT could have made. I can only imagine what kind of flashback Colin had coming out of that last corner… Hi Marco!
How can you be happy?!?!?!?
Do they make a life out of the prototypes and are they happy?
CRTs are not a good idea at all, they are of no use in Moto GP, they are just dangerous and useless for show!
Edwards is a driver with great experience and is the right choice for a team that wants to grow like the CRTs but what satisfaction can he get when he gets lapped in all the championship races?
nice bikes, but I think they will double them by 10 laps!!!!
I know that Colin stopped right at the point where Marco had that damned accident, it certainly wasn't easy... Dorna could have moved the tests to another circuit.
If he says he's dissatisfied, goodbye sponsor...
Certainly in terms of lap time it has more room for improvement than a pure prototype...if it could reduce the gap to three and a half seconds it would be a good result given the unfavorable circuit...CRTs don't excite me either but let's remember that as regards electronics and frames are in their infancy...I conclude by saying that even a customer motorbike has no hope of fighting for a victory...in my opinion it is certainly more stimulating for the technical staff to be able to get their hands on something that you can develop in all areas compared to a motorbike clients where you have little room for maneuver…
@Fabio I absolutely agree, the CRTs if equipped with a good technical staff, resources, and good drivers (Colin and Randy, for example) have considerable margins for growth and it should not be forgotten that they have more fuel for the race and they can be more daring with the engines, ergo the engine and electronics will be able to make a notable contribution to lap times at a certain point, but on the chassis I believe that the prototypes are quite ahead, and in fact Colin not surprisingly complained about chattering, fitting carbon discs and MotoGP tires shouldn't be a simple "copy and paste" for CRTs. I am confident that towards the end of the year, when the prototype engines will have a few kilometers on them, we will have some surprises... in any case, good luck to Colin who once again demonstrates his passion and desire to tackle new challenges as if he were a kid
Anyway Colin is an excellent test driver..we trust in him..
But they couldn't use the 1000 from 2006, working a bit on the electronics..., also because the power is very similar, perhaps lifting the limit on weight and number of engines. It would have been a more beautiful world championship, with the new 1000 and older generation each manufacturer could put at least 4 or 5 motorbikes on the track, 2 of which were new and 3 used with revised engines and without weight limits.
5 bikes per house and we would have had 15 super competitive bikes on the track plus the satellite teams and we reached 20 bikes, without bringing this rubbish onto the track.