Why do you want to make everything equal?
You say that tyres cost rider a 0.5 sec per lap. So should all bikes have the same power? the same torque, all riders must weigh 73kg?
Pedrose has an advantage due to his weight, Stoner has an advantage due to his ducati having more power, Rossi has the advantage of experiance.
A while ago Mitchelin was the tyre to have, today its not, why? is it that michelin forgot how to make tyres? No Bridgestone got better, why? because they had to if they were to compete. The progress of development is directly related to the competition that exists.
If you want to test riders & not machines then you have to abandon MotoGP and go for a single bike race series. Like the Virgin Mobile Cup in BSB. But this type of racing is only fun to watch because you have young, win it or bin it riders and the level of experiance is low (compared top BSB etc) so mistakes happen.
Why is BSB faster than WSB? Because they have true factory development & tyres.
MotoGP must not be stifeled by technological restrictions in key area's. I accept that Titanium is restricted in it's use with in MotoGP, fine, but in it's self it does not prevent chassis development. Tyres, it's such a vital part of the suspension & transmission of a bike that you should not make any world class series single tyre only. If you do then you should also say all manufacturers must use Ohlins's suspension.
Riders have different styles, Engineers have different abilities / area's of expertize, this calls for different approches, chassis, tyres, suspension etc..
If you want everyone to circulate with an equal chance of winning then it wont be MotoGP it will be Virgin Mobile Cup, not the world's fastest motorcylces around a closed circuit.
my thoughts
Arron  |