MotoGP: Shuhei Nakamoto “The Production Racer will not use all the liters available”
The executive vice-president of HRC specified that the RCV1000R only needs 23 liters to be competitive
Yesterday Casey Stoner finally tried it at Motegi. The long-planned test (it was only used on the second day available given the heavy rain that fell on Day 1) saw the two-time Australian world champion ride both the RC213V and the new Production Racer, called RCV1000R.
Le Stoner's first impressions were very positive, so much so that the former Ducati rider seems to have lapped times very close to those set by the RC213V. The bike is very similar to the Factory, but does not have the seamless gearbox and pneumatic valves available. The bike was created to contain costs and Scott Redding, who joins Team Gresini, will certainly ride it next year.
Another advantage of this type of motorcycle called "Non Factory" is the possibility of having more fuel available, exactly 24 liters compared to 20 on the prototypes. But Shuhei Nakamoto, executive vice-president of HRC (in the photo yesterday at Motegi with Stoner) specified that 1000 liters are enough for the RCV23R.
“Our calculations say that to do all the races there will be no problem with 23 liters and it will not be necessary to use a leaner mixture – said Shuhei Nakamoto as reported by MCN – With 22 liters the Production Racer would have had to use a leaner, 23 are sufficient. However, it would be impossible to race this bike with 20 or 21 liters. The 23 liters will allow this bike to be used at full speed and with full power even on circuits where consumption is high such as Motegi and Silverstone. This will allow us to be close to the prototypes in the race, given that they will not be able to exploit all the power, while in qualifying it will be different because the Factory bikes will be able to exploit all the horsepower available."
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Scott Redding is there gloating and in my opinion this bike will give everyone a hard time, Honda prototypes included!
In my opinion, no haha, imagine if Honda HRC wants to lose the world championship because of Ste Production. At most they will make them sufficiently competitive to give the others more trouble and to take more points in the constructors' championship.
As Ronni says: they certainly won't make a PR more competitive than a factory one.
I think they didn't go too far.
By now the "strong" riders are all already settled, but a Lorenzo, a Marquez riding a Racer, could cause some factories (especially Yamaha) to suffer.
At this level, the Ducati would immediately move into the 5th/6th row and it would be quite a disaster.
The strongest riders are on the prototypes, plus the prototypes will always be more competitive than the CRTs and Production Racer = big performance disadvantage, now I say, what sense does it make for a rider to race on these bikes knowing from the start that he will never be able to win. As if to say series A and series B.
I don't know how difficult it will be with the Racers to get to the podium, but we know that they are doing it to reduce costs (otherwise they would have to race with 12/14 bikes).
They have some technical benefits and if I'm not mistaken, these will replace the current Factory ones and, if tomorrow they are not very competitive (I doubt it because Espargarò's CRT already, if driven properly can give a lot of satisfaction), they will not be so at long because the definitive farewell to the prototypes should not be long in coming.
I don't know how automatic it will be to not get to the back with this bike.
I have the impression that this could be a bike with high potential, most likely not like the Honda Factory, but still, with the attached facilities, it could be a bike that can be scary.
I don't think it can worry the 3 Spaniards, but underneath them, I don't think the others will be able to sleep very peacefully.
Already today, the CRT in Espargaro's hands is causing various problems.
These bikes, with a rider with a lot of handle in the saddle, can annoy all the riders in the backup positions.
I have nothing to say this, but my feeling is that of a Honda that has regained its taste for victory and doesn't really want to give up the "scepter" again.
Are these the bikes you plan to replace the current MotoGP bikes with?