MotoGP, Forcada: The only software? is not a problem – GPone

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Honda has encountered many problems with the arrival of the unit and only software to manage the ‘exuberant power of its engine , probably because until the year the past used to be the unit that proprietary software.

Instead Ducati and Yamaha, at least to look at the test results Sepang, found themselves more at ease , since at least the control unit used was just the Marelli.

in this regard, given the lap times, it seems that Jorge Lorenzo has been the rider to have suffered less to move from proprietary software in 2015 to that of 2016 Dorna.

to explain the differences, encountered during testing at Sepang we thought Ramon Forcada , the old chief mechanic of the Majorcan.

“the software is working pretty well, it’s just a bit ‘more complicated to manage – said Forcada – We believe that by working with Magneti Marelli will improve it, and personally do not think it’s a step back so big … actually not ‘evil, and’ less sophisticated, but it’s working good. The problem now, and ‘management: we have to simplify things but what we are seeing believe we can achieve almost the previous level . An example: before we could set the traction control with a large number of parameters, according to the throttle opening, the position of the bike, the inclination, and so many things. Now we have less and we have to let more rubber shoes. Before we could decide on a percentage in any situation. Now the engine brake is less manageable while before it could check, as for the acceleration, based on the position of the bike, inclination and so on. But now it is more equal in every situation. The regulation was ‘fine’. And then there’s more: today we can not enter the map and change the parameter of the program according to our needs. And ‘that’s all. “

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