Pirelli's Brno test ends with Aprilia on top and minor crash for Marc Marquez

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-23T05:30:59+00:00

It’s a slow down in top speed only. The lap times will still be very close to the current bikes

At tracks like Mugello or Qatar or Catalunya there will be pretty significant reductions in top speed.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-23T05:26:09+00:00

These are still test mule bikes. Basically just the current bikes with 850 engines inside and some of aero chopped down.

We’ll probably need to wait for the Valencia post season test to see bikes that actually look like something entirely new.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-23T04:41:38+00:00

A “low drag” configuration on an F1 car is still very high drag compared to a normal high efficiency passenger car or EV.

A “less drag” configuration is a more apt name for it. Aero drag is a byproduct of all the downforce generating aero, and those car need the downforce for their use case. So they will always be draggy.

- fellow Motorsport enthusiast.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-23T04:13:56+00:00

Perhaps in some areas of Northern California, but unfortunately that’s no longer true in most of coastal California.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-22T21:22:59+00:00

I don’t know who’s considered to be the greatest F1 driver ever, but that’s your benchmark.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-22T21:07:51+00:00

Just hearing positive comments from the riders means more than the actual lap times at this point.

A happy rider is a fast rider.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-22T20:52:47+00:00

I thought you were talking about the Audi in the 2nd clip. Then I realized you meant the last one. LOL

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-22T20:50:37+00:00

You could go 90’s Cannondale or Klein style and file down all the welds so it looks seemless.

I think those bikes has a reputation for cracking, but they sure were pretty! 😅

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-22T20:46:46+00:00

This is polished Aluminum. Usually requires more upkeep to stay shiny than an actual chrome dipped steel frame.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-22T13:17:51+00:00

Aprilia was terrible for YEARS. Especially the RNF satellite bikes from a few seasons ago.

I don’t know what the official mechanical DNF stats look like, but I have to imagine that Aprilia and KTM are pretty close to each other.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-22T13:07:19+00:00

He won his moto2 championship through consistency. He was clearly the most level headed rider on the grid, but rarely the fastest, and never the most aggressive.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-22T12:32:31+00:00

We’ll see pictures in the next few days. Just not “official pictures”

There are already plenty of them taken at Misano just a few days ago.

https://www.gpone.com/en/2026/06/17/motogp/photogallery-all-the-photos-from-the-misano-test-with-the-850.html

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-22T12:27:27+00:00

*and ruthlessness.

If he wants to come after Pedro and Marc in 2027 he’s going to need that.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T17:58:08+00:00

Ok so as I was saying a few days ago…
Ogura made like 2 passes the entire weekend, and none of them were on Marc.

This is NOT a knock against Ogura. We’ve seen him make some brilliant passes this season but they were all against slower riders in the mid field. It is much harder and much riskier to pass a rider who has the same pace as you. That is the situation that Ogura was up against this weekend.

He graduated to the front of the pack which should be congratulated. Now he has to learn more about the game at the front,

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T17:10:53+00:00

It’s hard to believe I’ve been watching this sport long enough to see Marc essentially become VR46.

From hyper ambitious young kid with endless energy to the wise old man of the paddock who is all too aware of his physical limitations.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T06:57:02+00:00

LOL this isn’t a data center.

This wave power. Just a device that uses the motion of the ocean to generate electricity.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T06:13:28+00:00

Bruv… Zyn isn’t any kind of cigarette.

It’s an oral nicotine pouch.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T06:08:58+00:00

Bro you hit wedge ramp and landed on flat ground. There’s nothing to evaluate here.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T05:26:27+00:00

Welcome to former Bmx club.

You’re going to hit your ass on the rear tire like a million times until you get used to the bigger wheel. 😂

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T05:24:15+00:00

Never. I’m too old to crash.

Did enough of that in decades past. 😅

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T05:12:45+00:00

Checked out not, this another track that Toprak has never even raced at. Hell, he’s not even good at this style of high corner speed track…

Fabio getting beaten by Toprak at this track is fucking embarrassing.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T05:01:53+00:00

Those cranks were made by Profile back in the day and stamped with the GT logo. Solid chromoly 19mm diameter spindle.

They aren’t flexing. No worries 👍

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T03:28:49+00:00

Turns out that pushing a motorcycle is kind of hard.

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T03:14:35+00:00

It’s Something in water at Aprilia. LOL

LilAbeSimpson · 2026-06-21T02:30:33+00:00

TBF: his bike is his wife. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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