I suppose the simplistic answer is: It’s prototype racing and as such, engineers should be allowed to innovate in any way that allows the riders to go faster with greater safety. Also of course, MotoGp needs to be several steps ahead of WSBK in order to maintain its status as the premiere racing venue. Also, these innovations are doubtless a big appeal to tech-nerds (most of us here I’d venture) who thrive on this stuff. It’s a difficult dynamic to balance, because there’s a tipping point at which human beings can wrestle around that much power astride a 300 lb missile while dressed up in a leather bag and a plastic hat. The bikes have to be faster than the WSBK stuff but still humanly manageable. And the performance needs to be some increment increased every season, without going past the tipping point. If they don’t, they’re “in a rut” and if they go too far, people get killed. So Uncle Carmelo and his guys cook up rules and spec changes intended to keep the sport affordable, by slowing down progress which of course pisses off a lot of people and the engineers are by nature and purpose super motivated to create workarounds. All parties are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. I haven’t found the racing boring the last few years. My take is that the present state of relative parity between teams makes for a good show, rather than the old days where it was always Honda Yamaha Honda Yamaha Honda Yamaha Honda Yamaha……..Suzuki. The only time I really hated the sport was the ....... 800 era. That really sucked.
