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Desmosedici GP19

Sumber: Andrea Dovizioso @ Twitter

Pelumba Ducati, Andrea Dovizioso menyifatkan dia tidak dapat menunggang sepertimana yang diinginkan di Mugello dan percaya pakej keseluruhan jentera Desmosedici GP19 masih tidak mencapai tahap yang bagus untuk mencapai kemenangan di GP Itali.

Ketika sesi ujian bebas semalam, Dovizioso bergelut dengan tayar terutamanya di bahagian selekoh ketika sesi ujian memasuki waktu tengah hari.

“Catatan masa adalah lebih baik berbanding tahun lalu tetapi pelumba lain turut melakukan perkara sama.

“Ketika ini saya tidak mendapat perasaan yang saya inginkan. Meskipun senario keseluruhan tidak terlalu teruk tetapi saya tidak gembira. Saya tidak dapat menunggang sepertimana yang saya inginkan. Kami perlu perbaiki jentera ini.

“Kami telah mencuba pelbagai tetapan berbeza di waktu tengah hari dan berjaya menemui beberapa aspek positif tetapi secara keseluruhan belum cukup bagus.

“Kami perlu mencari penyelesaian terbaik menjelang sesi kelayakan. Saya sedang bergelut dengan jentera ini.

“Saya masih belum mendapat sentuhan yang saya mahukan di bahagian depan terutamanya ketika sesi ujian di sebelah pagi. Ketika memasuki selekoh, jentera tidak berada dalam keadaan yang stabil,”jelasnya.

Sementara itu, Dovizioso menjelaskan dia tidak akan menggunakan pelindung karbon bagi tayar belakang sepertimana yang digunakan pelumba ‘wildcard Michele Pirro ketika FP1.

“Saya belum mendapat keputusan mengenai penggunaan pelindung tersebut. Buat masa ini perkara itu tiada dalam perancanganl,”tambahnya.

  • Pasukan pengilang Ducati Team telah melancarkan jentera perlumbaan Ducati Desmosedici GP19.
  • Penunggang pasukan pengilang, Andrea Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci bersama dengan penunggang pasukan Pramac, Jack Miller, akan mengemudi jentera GP19 ini dalam kejohanan MotoGP musim 2019.
  • Ia kini didatangkan dengan kemasan grafik berwarna merah sepenuhnya.

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  • The factory Ducati Team launched the Ducati Desmosedici GP19.

  • Factory riders Andrea Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci and Pramac rider Jack Miller will ride the GP19 in MotoGP 2019.

  • It now sports a full-red livery.

The factory Ducati Team launched the Ducati Desmosedici GP19 for the MotoGP 2019 season.

The launch was aired “live” from the Philip Morris Cube in Neuchâtel, Switzerland early this morning. Attendees at the launch were team riders Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci. Factory and team luminaries including Claudio Domenicali, Paolo Ciabatti, Davide Tardozzi, Luigi Dall’Igna, among others.

The Desmosedici GP19 now sports a fully-red livery without white and grey stripes. The Mission Winnow sponsorship is actually part of Philip Morris International (PMI).

Apart from the livery, the GP19 looks similar to its Desmosedici GP18 predecessor. However, the giant air intake at the front of the fairing has more rounded edges, especially at the bottom. Our guess it to maintain a steady flow of intake air as rounder shapes promote better surface tension. Hence the airflow “sticks” together rather than turn “choppy.”

Besides that, there are “whisker” aerobodies on both sides of the upper fairing.

To those who asked if the “lunchbox” is still there, yes, it is still there underneath the tailsection.

Although the GP19 many look outwardly similar to the older bike, we suspect much underneath have evolved. Remember, MotoGP will use a unified (standard) IMU this year.

There are claims on the internet that the GP19 may produce as much as 300 bhp. It could very well be true as the GP17 and GP18 were already eputed to produce around 280 bhp.

Dovizioso finished as the bridesmaid for the last two seasons. He’s confident that the new bike will help him seal Ducati’s second MotoGP championship since Casey Stoner did so in 2007.

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