If all the Jap going for Aluminum frame why this Spanish team Avintia Racing going for other direction i.e. Carbon Fiber/Aluminum Frame which is less rigid compare to the former..
From most discussion/forums they blame CF Frame for Ducati failure..
Interesting article taken from crash.net
"Ducati may have ditched its carbon fibre design at the end of 2011, but the composite will be making at least a partial chassis return during the second round of the 2012 MotoGP season at Jerez in Spain.
According to Motociclismo.es Avintia Racing, which graduated to the premier-class under the new CRT rules, will switch from an FTR to Inmotec chassis on one of Ivan Silva's Kawasaki-powered machines this weekend.
While the FTR uses a conventional twin-spar aluminium design, the Motociclismo report states that the new Inmotec chassis is 'mixed carbon and aluminum'.
Colombian Yonny Hernandez, who defied the team's winter testing form with a creditable 14th place in Qatar, will continue with the FTR.
Inmotec had intended to enter MotoGP with its own 800cc MotoGP prototype and even penned Catalunya 2010 as the planned date of a wild-card race debut."
I hope the team is not going to be another HRT F1 Team and they prove that CF combination with Aluminum frame is the way forward for MotoGP Chassis...
From most discussion/forums they blame CF Frame for Ducati failure..
Interesting article taken from crash.net
"Ducati may have ditched its carbon fibre design at the end of 2011, but the composite will be making at least a partial chassis return during the second round of the 2012 MotoGP season at Jerez in Spain.
According to Motociclismo.es Avintia Racing, which graduated to the premier-class under the new CRT rules, will switch from an FTR to Inmotec chassis on one of Ivan Silva's Kawasaki-powered machines this weekend.
While the FTR uses a conventional twin-spar aluminium design, the Motociclismo report states that the new Inmotec chassis is 'mixed carbon and aluminum'.
Colombian Yonny Hernandez, who defied the team's winter testing form with a creditable 14th place in Qatar, will continue with the FTR.
Inmotec had intended to enter MotoGP with its own 800cc MotoGP prototype and even penned Catalunya 2010 as the planned date of a wild-card race debut."
I hope the team is not going to be another HRT F1 Team and they prove that CF combination with Aluminum frame is the way forward for MotoGP Chassis...
