It's called traction control and/or anti-wheelie and it doesn't limit horsepower in the first 4 gears ... it operates entire on traction and rider maps used in the ECU. A motoGP bike can easily lift the front wheel or spin the wheel in the gears beyond 4th.
It's a combination of power and traction, but even when Ducati didn't have corner exit traction a few years back they were still posting the highest top speeds on the straights, so yes it is very much about Power.
Funny how some of you confuse "balls" with "stupidity" ... and the old "Well Rossi did it" BS ... grow up like you would know what Rossi did since you obviously hate him. Did Rossi have aggressive moves in his long history, sure he did. Did he resort to aggressive moves every race, no ... why, because he didn't need to resort to stupid aggressive moves to win 9 championship. That's the difference between Rossi with Talent and Marquez with Aggression.
I didn't say it was because they were friends, I said their relationship didn't preclude employing hyperbole, something company men, who even "retired", maintain close, loyal connections over a lifetime, are won't to do. Anyone with a modicum of insight into Japanese corporate culture can tell you, excessive flattery to those high up the company food chain is a pronounced trait in the land of lifetime salarymen
