With fine margins over success and failure in MotoGP, the importance of every minor detail makes massive differences to each bike and racer.  Marco Simoncelli and veteran Loris Capirossi discussed the value of the technical aspect to themselves.

“The aerodynamics in every road racing bike is very important because when you go over 200 km/h it makes the difference,” explains Simoncelli, whose height resulted in some special amendments to his San Carlo Honda Gresini bike earlier this year.

“It’s not a big modification but each modification can give me more or less 3 or 4 km/h more in the straight,” adds the Italian.

For a yearly campaigner such as Capirossi, it is a vital aspect. “When you have good aerodynamics it is much easier to reach top speed and to change direction. I did a lot of work in the Suzuki wind tunnel, in Japan, and we discovered many things,” says the 37 year-old.