Red Bull Ring - There is a difference from the Ducati team while diving test with Red Bull Ring, Austria, Tuesday (19/7). Casey Stoner tested the Desmosedici GP without additional wing as it is commonly used official riders.
Ducati test rider, Casey Stoner enjoyed a productive first day of testing and success together with nearly all the current MotoGP riders.
Former two-times MotoGP world champion was joined by Ducati factory riders, Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone were equally gush Desmosedici GP. one of the agenda, test the Ducati Desmosedici without additional wings (winglet).
Not long ago the Grand Prix Commission announced that all the wings will be banned from the start of the MotoGP season in 2017. In the races this season, all the motors apply a small aerodynamic fairing panel front.
Only Ducati which has the largest wing and the first to add wings on their motorcycles, in an effort to generate more grip.
For that Ducati needs to collect more data to prepare for next season's competition. Casey Stoner is deservedly test this time with the motor without wings, different from that used Dovizioso and Iannone.
"Today we had a lot of attempts to compare the motor, with wings, without wings, a lot of things to get the data and it's all been pretty positive," said Stoner, the first driver to bring the Ducati world champion in 2007.
Stoner managed to carve a best lap time of 1 minute 24.502 seconds and finished fourth fastest behind Dovizioso, Iannone and Scott Redding (who also uses Desmosedici).
Stoner admitted to not being a big fan of the circuit itself, the views and the tracks were very smooth certainly eased the lack of grip and "odd" angle.
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