New Tyre pressure rules for 2023 explained.

misfit said:

I don't have a deep understanding myself. All that I know is that tyre performance and hence, overall bike/rider performance is sensitively linked to tyre pressures. The rules will therefore likely lead to a performance shuffle among riders and manufacturers/teams. These new pressures may well play in the hands of riders with bikes, setups and riding styles that work well with those pressures. Others will not and have to adapt if they can. Should be interesting since no one really knows what the pecking order will be.

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mylexicon said:

I'm not sure Dorna had much of a choice. Minimum tire pressures are a safety issue, and teams were cheating the rules a bit.

Unfortunately, this could make the dirty air issue worse. This video claims TPMS will improve race craft as the riders wait for the right moment, and that the phenomenon can be observed in F1. Obviously, if the following rider must hang back to cool his tires, and the front rider has clean air, the following rider is at an absolute disadvantage. MotoGP is not F1. There is no DRS in MotoGP (thankfully).

TPMS isn't bad or good for MotoGP, but it does highlight the sport's current dysfunction. TPMS is required to make the sport safer and fairer for everyone. Hydraulic ride height devices, which are about as "technologically advanced" as mechanical fuel injection, are legal. They are stepping over pounds to pick up pence. I'm not sure this issue really matters in light of other circumstances.

The sport seems to be in the throes of unrestricted political warfare, with the primary belligerents being Dorna and Ducati. Perhaps Dorna are merely hoping this will hurt Ducati, and bring them to the negotiating table to get rid of hydraulic ride height, which serves no purpose, and is undermining the spectacle.

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PRS717 said:

Always appreciate your perspective.

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mylexicon said:

Thanks, Gents. I think it was Francis Batta who once said that motorsport encapsulates all of the rewards and challenges that exist in life. Anyway, his words are motivation for anyone who likes to analyze.

Anyway, I look forward to seeing how TPMS will change the competitive balance in MotoGP. I don't see any clear winners, but it does appear that Ducati and Bagnaia have some homework to do.

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