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MotoGP has recently been drawing inspiration from Formula 1, if not copying it. The Sprint Race introduced this year is one example, but although various areas of cross-over are possible, until now there have been very few points of contact on a technical level between two and four wheels (excluding the wings).
There has been some talk of a possible hybrid engine for MotoGP bikes, but there was no agreement between the manufacturers, and, in all probability, we won't see it happen in the world championship. Gigi Dall'Igna, however, is always very attentive to what is happening in all areas of motorsport and, in these days when we are talking about the future regulations from 2027 onwards, he has launched an interesting idea.
The inspiration comes from F1 but is interpreted in a MotoGP key and regards the rear lowering device. The front one (tried by Ducati last year) has been banned and the same would be done with the rear one too. The general manager of Ducati, however, has different thoughts on the matter.
“My idea and that of Ducati is that this device should be used as a sort of 'overtaking system'. You could be allowed to activate it ten times in the Sunday race, for example, no more" Dall'Igna explained to Speedweek.
It would therefore work like the DRS in F1. In the races, that system serves to reduce the aerodynamic resistance of the single seaters in a straight line, by acting on a flap on the rear wing: in this way, downforce is reduced, and maximum speed is increased, making overtaking easier.
The MotoGP bikes could achieve the same effect with the rear lowering device. Now its use is allowed at any time and in any point of the track, but according to the idea of the engineer from Veneto, its use could be regulated. As in F1, precisely, where the DRS can only be activated in certain sections of the track and under certain conditions (such as the one for which you must be less than a second away from the driver in front).
Dall'Igna clearly wants to save the lowering device that his rivals don't like, but it remains to be seen if he will succeed.
