Originally Posted by Aussie YZF R6

MotoGP: Valentino Rossi renews criticism of rider aids
By Matthew Birt
MotoGP
12 December 2007 15:05

Valentino Rossi has again slammed the growing influence of electronics in MotoGP, renewing his fears rider skill is playing less and less of a pivotal role in the premier class.

Rossi has been highly critical of rider aids and believes they are now too important and the difference a rider can make using his talent alone has been crucially reduced with a wave of new technology sweeping into MotoGP.

The Fiat Yamaha rider has called for a ban or reduction on the amount of electronics used in MotoGP, with systems like traction control becoming so sophisticated that older generation riders are finding it harder to master riding with so much non-human input.

Valentino Rossi said: “Casey (Stoner) has done an amazing job and without doubt he is a great rider. But he is the first of the traction control generation because the way he uses traction control is amazing.

“For old generation riders like me, Marco Melandri and Loris Capirossi we have a lot of problems to understand. You have to be brave to use the systems.

“It is difficult sometimes to have confidence in a system because that system is not human.

“As an old generation rider, when the engineers come to you and say you can open the throttle full when you’re knee is on the ground at 150ks in the middle of the corner, it is easy to say this from the pits.

“It is different on the bike and that is the main problem for the old generation guys. Casey believes in the system and we don’t,” added Rossi.

Read how electronics are making a difference in the World Superbike paddock in this week's MCN, availalbe from Wednesday, December 12, 2007.

Originally Posted by MAK

Aha! It's what I told you.
Vale forgets that Casey has a different electronic package...

Originally Posted by MAK

When we think about electronics aid on a Motogp bike, we must think that the development is follow by Aerospace Engineers, it's not the electronical components of our microwave we are speaking on...

But..

The computer on our Ducati has the data selected in each session of practice (from 20gigabyte every session). The computer received additional data from the GPS system (Global Positioning System ): through a connection with 3 satellites, the computer knows by trigonometry, the exact position on track where we are.
The sensors of roll, picth and yaw give additional data too, and computer knows the situation on the three-dimensional plan (fig.)...

Next time will be a japanese robot?

Originally Posted by CaliPerugio

Mak, Sorry for late response to this. I did not catch it on the Italian page. Is it really true that MM is using GPS tracking technology to control the map on the Ducati?. It seems impossible that MotoGP would allow that much computer control. The bike would be correcting for every mistake for the entire race. What is the sampling rate? I just cannot believe that Dorna would allow that kind of technology into any MotoGP bike. I'm just one person, but in my book it is cheating if the other riders don't have it. Of course KC's front end is always planted. That kind of technology can ensure that it is. They also have tire pressure and temperature guages in the wheels now. I'll bet that they are factoring in that data as well. It's not right. That's my oppinion. I'd rather see them race with mini bikes in a parking lot, if it is true, what you're saying.

Originally Posted by staind

ahh no worry
just cool down guys
u can never take serious any aricle u find on that page!!!!!!!!

it's just a joke page
and they make fun of ALL the riders (but the americans )

it's all fiction
and u just have to take it as a laugh!


IT'S NOT SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!