Software frozen: electronics unit an advantage for Ducati? – Motorsport-Total.com

28th July 2015 – 11:48 clock

Magneti Marelli has delivered all the hardware manufacturers available

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(Motorsport-Total.com) – The Grand Prix of Germany was an important date for the future. On Sunday after the race the three manufacturers Honda, Yamaha and Ducati had to pay a software version at Dorna. Immediately allowed until end of season no longer be changed at the code. “Frankly, they had to freeze their own software,” confirms MotoGP Technical Director Corrado Cecchinelli. “They asked us to monitor the frozen software. This is our only role in this process.”

From the coming season all teams is a unified software available that of Honda, Yamaha and Ducati is being developed. Suzuki and Aprilia are not part of this development process and are therefore excluded from the current freeze. Nevertheless, she received in 2016 as all the other teams, the common software. This common software the future development to reduce costs while maintaining the balance be promoted in the field.

“The development of the electronics will be carried out by Magneti Marelli, the Dorna and Honda, Yamaha and Ducati,” explained Ducati team boss Paolo Ciabatti talking to ‘Motorsport-Total.com’. “When this rule decided there were only three manufacturers in MotoGP. In addition, these three are the only manufacturer that can provide relevant input.” Even new manufacturers like KTM ultimately benefit them, because it is necessary to develop its own system.

From 2016 all the teams take the same electronics Software

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This raises the question as to whether the freezing of the software will have an impact in the second half of the season? “I do not think that this will change anything”, dismisses the Yamaha ace Valentino Rossi. “It will be interesting, because all wondering what will happen next with the electronics in the next year. Our electronics works very well and I’m curious to see how the bike changed with the new electronics in the coming years.”

“This will be interesting and important for the balance of the championship. But I think we have to wait until Valencia test. This season, however, nothing will change,” says Rossi. The three manufacturers are developing new software together. If a manufacturer wants to have a change, for example in the future, the other manufacturers have to agree. The implementation then all.

Ducati see no problem with the current open-software

“The current Open software is the basis of the 2016er electronics be” Ciabatti confirmed. “Then every manufacturer can provide input to refine the software.” The second key question is whether Ducati thus has an advantage, because for years there is close cooperation with Magneti Marelli. The GP14 has been adapted for the Avintia team largely without problems in the current unit electronics of Magneti Marelli.

Avintia-Ducati uses the open-software with the Seamless gear

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On the other hand, there is at the open-bikes from Honda and Yamaha big problems, especially with the traction control. Nicky Hayden, Eugene Laverty and Stefan Bradl practiced for part strongly criticized the open software. Ducati does not know these difficulties. “We are using the latest open software at the Avintia machines Obviously the software works well,” says Ciabatti. Hector Barbera is in mid-season and the best-placed open driver in the world championship standings.

“In terms of lap times the Avinita pilots are not as far on a round back,” Ciabatti rated the performance of the open-bikes. “The performance in the race is of course a different story. But this is due more to the character of the GP14. The bike is not particularly economical with the tires.”

Ducati therefore sees the change left on the unit Software “We are convinced that the software already works quite well, we can almost use all the parameters that we use in the factory machine It is possible to use a seamless gearbox, which is probably a problem for other manufacturers..” , Ciabatti admits nonetheless. “We are not concerned in terms of the standard ECU for the coming season.” Avintia uses a seamless gear while sacrificing the Open-bikes from Honda and Yamaha it

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