I asked this question in the Yamaha web site Questions to Jeremy Burgess....here is what his reply was:


Question from: Angela O'Hare
Do you think all the electronics used in today’s MotoGP bikes gives the lesser talented rider more chance to win than in the past?
ANSWER:
No, not really. The lesser talented rider isn’t going to have electronics that make the bike go faster for him. The difficult job for the rider nowadays is the feedback he needs to give to the team. We can interpret a lot from the data but the data can’t feel the motion the rider feels. The data can’t see what the rider sees and feels; it just records. So the rider still has to give enough information to the team in order to make the bike work well. I don’t think it makes the job any easier. But all in all, the level of competition is so good it is the man who makes the least mistakes over 25 laps that will eventually win the race.