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This means that KTM attaches great importance to the new season next year. Most teams will bring a lot of new things here to test during the test race. These things are developed by the R&D department at the beginning of the season.

But there are also some teams that still use the old three, maybe just modify the fixed wing, and there are no major adjustments to the engine and frame.

This will make the driver feel perfunctory.

Of course, it does not necessarily mean that, because the engines of some car manufacturers have always been very powerful. For example, even if the next door does not upgrade the engine for a year and only upgrades the level, it is still very competitive. There is nothing wrong with this.

However, Qin Chuan also heard during the competition in Valencia that Ducati also brought a new engine this time, and it is still very powerful.

The head of Ducati's R&D department even revealed that the upgrade of this gp24 will be epoch-making.

The extent of the gap is definitely greater than that between gp23 and gp22.

In addition, Qin Chuan also heard other voices about Ducati.

Ducati is protesting against the race organising its privileges.

Privilege is a favorable rule prepared by MotoGP for disadvantaged car manufacturers. The car manufacturers that obtain privilege can use more fuel in the main race. The total amount of extra use of privileged car manufacturers in a single season was originally four liters more, and the rule has developed to two liters more so far.

In addition, there are seven additional engine upgrade opportunities during the season, as well as the provision of softer rear tyre compounds, and the franchise will have more test tyres available, including this test.

These are all rules that can allow disadvantaged car manufacturers to gain some advantages in the competition. Of course, the most important point is that privileged car manufacturers cannot be bound by the engine development freeze clause.

The engine development freeze clause is a matter related to racing car development. For a car manufacturer that is frozen, it means that it is not allowed to develop new engines or equip new engines next season.

This is where Ducati’s protest comes from.

Qin Chuan heard some rumors that this year Yamaha and Benta have obtained the qualifications of privileged car manufacturers because their current competitiveness is too weak.

So the tournament gave them privileges, but these privileges were actually somewhat unfair.

Because according to the rules of the privilege, the factory teams that can obtain the privilege must ensure that they have not been on the podium once a year, and neither of these two car manufacturers meets this requirement.

At the beginning of this year's US station, Peco led the crash-spot race and the championship was won by a satellite rider of Benda who was very competitive in the US station.

That’s right, the satellite driver is still Bentian’s. This is also the most outrageous thing this season. Bentian’s best result this season was achieved by that satellite driver.

This driver has always been very strong in the United States, but no one expected him to be this strong. Although he only exploded once, it was obvious that the victory in that station meant that Benda was not qualified for the privilege at all.

The same is true for Yamaha. Although Xiao Kua's performance throughout the season was very mediocre, he was still competitive on some of its excellent tracks and even reached the podium once.

So theoretically, neither of these two car manufacturers is eligible for any special privileges.

But the tournament still chose to grant privileges to the two companies. Of course, concessions were made in order to obtain the consent of the European manufacturers, which was to cut the privileges in half, granting them privileges but not full privileges. Finally, the three manufacturers reluctantly agreed.

In fact, Qin Chuan could feel that even so, the race was still biased towards the R factory. Ducati and Aprilia had both enjoyed privileges in the early days and had been a privileged team, but at that time the two companies were completely uncompetitive.

Ducati has not won a single championship in a hundred races, let alone a single station win. Even when several R-series factory riders crashed, they still couldn’t get a single podium.

Aprilia's situation is even worse than Ducati's. Generally, these two companies are responsible for supporting the bottom line.

So there is an old saying in the paddock: the reason we support them is because we have witnessed how miserable they were before.

Ducati had not won a race in four years and had not had a podium in a year before this privilege was granted, but now it is given away without any reason. So when this privilege rule came out, the fans made a fuss for a while and felt dissatisfied.

But it was finally agreed, but after the race yesterday, the racing committee issued a new rule, which significantly reduced the number of tires used for Ducati testing and issued a freeze on engine development.

In addition, the number of upgrades Ducati can make during the season is limited. Ducati can only upgrade the aerodynamic kit once during the season.

All these rules are a devastating blow to Ducati.

Of course the most important thing is that after this year's engine upgrade, Ducati will not be allowed to develop new engines next year. This protest was caused by this.

The test match has not yet begun. Although it is certain that Ducati's upgrade this time will still be terrifying, this year's test has not yet begun and next year's test has been restricted, which makes the person in charge very dissatisfied.

He even said directly, "If Ducati wins, the rules are wrong. If others win and Ducati loses, the rules are right."

This sentence is very meaningful.

Qin Chuan touched his nose. In fact, he also felt that... it was a little unfair...

Of course, things weren’t much better when Bentian was the only dominant company, but they weren’t restricted to this extent either.

Before the test started at 8 o'clock, Qin Chuan met a newcomer of the KTM team, Acosta.

It was the genius from the second group who replaced the little E from the KTM satellite.

Qin Chuan's first impression of this young driver, who was the same age as him and only 19 years old, was that he was thin. He was not tall, about meters, but his thinness was definitely rare among the riders Qin Chuan had ever seen.

However, after seeing his girlfriend, Qin Chuan's mouth twitched involuntarily. The reason was not anything else but that the difference between him and his girlfriend was too great.

It is said that foreigners' aesthetic taste is different from that of Asians. They all like plump girls. Qin Chuan has seen this.

"Hello, senior!"

Knowing that Qin Chuan was Chinese, Acosta used Chinese characters for the first two words.

"Hello there!"

Qin Chuan smiled and the two shook hands.

Although they are the same age, Acosta still likes to call Qin Chuan senior. He has heard enough about this man's reputation in this year.

The most clear thing is that some people said that Peco did not encounter the number one curse this year. Although he had a serious crash in the middle of the year, the impact was not great and he quickly recovered.

However, more people still firmly believe that Curse No. 1 is still in effect, and the person Curse No. 1 refers to is the person in front of them.

He is the only driver in history to have scored over 250 points after only half a season of competition. He is also the only one who can influence Peco's championship.

You have to know that Peko's score in the whole year was less than 400, and he scored more than 250 points in half a year. You can imagine how terrifying this number is.

Some people even bluntly said that Qin Chuan came too late, otherwise the No. 1 curse would have happened if he had come earlier.

After the two shook hands, Acosta returned to his satellite P room with a look of awe. Fortunately, he was just thinking about it in his mind, otherwise if he said it out loud, Qin Chuan would probably say to his face, "You foreigners are so superstitious."

It’s a pity you could think of that.

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ps: The fourth update is finished, and will continue tomorrow!

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