Engine usage in MotoGP™ | Tech Talk with Simon Crafar

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  • čas přidán 28. 04. 2022
  • Engines are a key talking point in #MotoGP. They have to be powerful and reliable, so to get the best out of them teams have to use them wisely! ⚠️
    From tech regs, to units to how they use them throughout the year, Simon Crafar explains all in his latest #TechTalk 🙌
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Komentáře • 188

  • @mkoehler222
    @mkoehler222 Před 2 lety +200

    Hi Simon,I love this segment. I would love to know the process how they put the bike back together after a crash ,the time and all that goes with it . thanks Mark.

  • @vasimnaikwadi6022
    @vasimnaikwadi6022 Před rokem +9

    As a Mechanical Engineer its an ocean of information for me. I have huge respect for this Man!😊

  • @austinperkins1986
    @austinperkins1986 Před 2 lety +7

    Having Worked, for decades, in Experimental Flight Test with Design Engineers and Naval Trained Army Test Pilots I gotta say Simon (former GP Racer/Pilot) is good at disseminating complex data, thoroughly, like those Test Pilots I worked with to troubleshoot, analyze and repair our Aircraft. Good job Mr. Crafar & KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! Your analysis, observational skills and experience are a big reason I pay to watch, using The MotoGP App.

  • @Dinara1up
    @Dinara1up Před 2 lety +21

    Amazing! The tolerance for error is near zero in motorsports! Thanks Simon and MotoGP team!

  • @maxi5784
    @maxi5784 Před 2 lety +45

    thanks Simon for making complicated rules sound simple for layman.

  • @weemansmith1994
    @weemansmith1994 Před 2 lety +33

    Love the tech talks. Been a huge fan of Simon since his Rumi Honda SBK days and he has always been exactly the same, bursting with enthusiasm and an obvious love of the sport. Don't know about presenters in other languages but for english speaking audiences he is the biggest asset to the broadcast by far! Always amazed how he sees all the subtle differences made to bikes, the knowledge (even for an ex rider and ex Ohlins tech) is amazing, and the enthusiasm is infectious. Keep them coming!

    • @dbwindhorst1
      @dbwindhorst1 Před 2 lety

      He’s pretty sharp at sussing tire tech, too.

  • @robertryan2228
    @robertryan2228 Před rokem +3

    Thanks Simon, from an engine builder in your own NZ, it is great that you can explain these subtleties to the fans as most customers do not understand the fine balence that must take place in order to make reliable power ! keep up the good work.

  • @roberttaggart5757
    @roberttaggart5757 Před 2 lety +1

    I could listen to this all day with a few cups of tea

  • @josec.278
    @josec.278 Před 2 lety +3

    Hi Simon. calm down man. We love the way you explain the difficult tech stuff in a way the non tech like us can understand. You are the best. Cheers from Nz

  • @robinperronjones5024
    @robinperronjones5024 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow that’s a lot of engine configurations/ variations, number of engines, kilometers completed, rpm limits, gearing changes, FP, qualifying, actual race, breakdowns, different tracks with different layouts for different set ups. I hope they have software to keep track of all this. Absolutely fascinating. Great video Simon

  • @jameshisself9324
    @jameshisself9324 Před 2 lety +2

    I know it's called tech talk, but we used to see a lot of great images or video of the subject matter. Love to have that again.

  • @Jelitek13
    @Jelitek13 Před 2 lety

    I can listen to Simon for hours... explaining things like that is natural gift.

  • @iveneverdonethisbefore8390

    Thank you Simon. The insights you provide during session are incredible, always bang on.

  • @kevintrigg8887
    @kevintrigg8887 Před rokem

    As motogp fan i never knew it is this complicated but every day is a school day. Simon this is very interesting

  • @raksrulzz
    @raksrulzz Před 2 lety

    Whistle whistle. ! From India 🇮🇳
    You are truly an eye opener to many bike enthusiasts who
    Loves machines and it’s working.
    Putting everything in a layman’s language to make the world know the complete complexity and dynamics of a MotoGP machine : people just watch it for an Hour or 3 max over a weekend, when a multitude of events happen behind the scenes to make it work like. Charm !!
    Wish you tons of great health and happiness and prosperity!!
    Hugs and prayers!! Give more good content ! 🍺🍺

  • @SantaCruzCowboy
    @SantaCruzCowboy Před 2 lety +3

    I am guessing everyone already new all of this but I think Simon did an excellent job explaining it.

  • @caribman10
    @caribman10 Před 2 lety +3

    Simon is so good on details he actually corrected the pronunciation of Denis Oncu's name during the Jerez race broadcast. And if you thought MotoGP was complicated before, Simon'll show you it's 10 times more than you thought.

    • @MegaWebsters
      @MegaWebsters Před 2 lety

      Love Simon, watch all his tech talks but he needs one less syllable when he says 'Portimao'. Should be Port-i-mao not Port-i-ma-o

    • @joshbrookes6439
      @joshbrookes6439 Před rokem

      Although this particular pet peeve of mine was kinda buggin me to no end I was going to leave it alone as its a non issue in the grand scheme of things and I really don't want to critique my kiwi brother but now that you've gone and said that I bloody have to bring it up now thanks very much. Not sure why nobody at his end isnt quitely correcting him but he says manufacture when he is trying to say manufacturer, there's a bloody difference you know. Yes its a non issue hardly worth mentioning tbh.

  • @gmeyer6657
    @gmeyer6657 Před 2 lety +2

    Love these, Simon. Thank you. Fan from USA 🇺🇸

  • @charlestoast4051
    @charlestoast4051 Před 2 lety +1

    More fascinating information that adds interest to a race weekend! Simon is MotoGP's best and most informative broadcaster.

  • @backho12
    @backho12 Před 2 lety +1

    Damn! Another fine video by Simon! What a gem!

  • @dbwindhorst1
    @dbwindhorst1 Před 2 lety +3

    This guy deserves at least double whatever you’re paying him.

  • @oldmanstumpie1061
    @oldmanstumpie1061 Před 2 lety +1

    Nice segment Simon, you're a legend. I really appreciate your commentary and descriptions.

  • @michaeldavis2531
    @michaeldavis2531 Před 2 lety +1

    Good job Simon! You explain everything so clearly and very well.

  • @garyeast577
    @garyeast577 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you Simon. Helluva informative. Really enjoy listening to you

  • @alwaysmoto9842
    @alwaysmoto9842 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for your research, it is very complex subject and it could be explain in very easy way!!! MotoGP is always amazing !!

  • @vinceseyb2640
    @vinceseyb2640 Před 2 lety +2

    Another great segment. Thanks Simon

  • @mrivantchernegovski3869

    Good ole Kiwi boy Simon ,good to see him doing well after his racing carrer and being the only Kiwi to Compete in the 500 GP Series and a great rider and guy.

  • @crooksnchase
    @crooksnchase Před 2 lety

    Thanks for making these videos. Time well spent.

  • @jonathanhoup9988
    @jonathanhoup9988 Před 2 lety

    thanks for the segment simon! some of us like the details as much as the racing

  • @flo41884
    @flo41884 Před 2 lety +2

    Verry good video series. Thank you!

  • @ChadOHara98
    @ChadOHara98 Před 2 lety +2

    It is amazing to see the advancements in material science and understanding of mechanical wear that makes these engines so accurately adjustable! Id love to know which manufacturer you spoke with.....

  • @brianglendenning1632
    @brianglendenning1632 Před 2 lety +1

    Very well explained - thanks Simon!

  • @bingba4078
    @bingba4078 Před 2 lety +2

    Very Good Content And Very Informative Thanks Simon.

  • @Aashiq3
    @Aashiq3 Před 2 lety +2

    Again, loved it. Thank you Simon.

  • @markg7834
    @markg7834 Před 2 lety

    Simon does a fine job on these vids. Thank you.

  • @xipingpooh5783
    @xipingpooh5783 Před 2 lety +2

    Excellent job Simon!!!!!

  • @hackrides2170
    @hackrides2170 Před 2 lety +5

    I love this!!! As always, you're the man Simon!

  • @michaelharrison72
    @michaelharrison72 Před 2 lety +2

    Fantastic as usual Simon.

  • @mrfaifai
    @mrfaifai Před 2 lety

    Thank you team. I really like this tech talk series

  • @Jeff-qw9mx
    @Jeff-qw9mx Před 2 lety

    Hi Simon, Always appreciate your insights and explanations. Ta mate.

  • @cybobseven2762
    @cybobseven2762 Před 2 lety +2

    You are the man!! THX Simon! 🏁

  • @defaultuser3410
    @defaultuser3410 Před 2 lety +2

    Very interesting and informative, thanks!

  • @thomasweiss9723
    @thomasweiss9723 Před 2 lety +1

    This is always very interesting, good job Simon 👍

  • @chromezone4371
    @chromezone4371 Před 2 lety

    Nicely explained Simon. Thanks.

  • @jeremywelder5383
    @jeremywelder5383 Před 2 lety +6

    Amazing. Thank you!

  • @lightweightiseverything5068

    Yes, that was excellent and I learned a lot. Thank you!

  • @Ronycoolman00
    @Ronycoolman00 Před 2 lety

    So all 7 engines can be cracked open so to speak at the first race and implemented session by session throughout the season and an official has to monitor and log every kilometer done on any of the 7 engines, geez what a job. Cheers Simon

  • @RobinHood-yk8og
    @RobinHood-yk8og Před 2 lety +1

    I don't want to be too critical because this is a great technical insight and I recognise it was put together during a race weekend... but... it would have been much better if some time had been taken to put some graphics on top of this and, not least, writing a script.

  • @Nandakumarweb
    @Nandakumarweb Před 2 lety +11

    Thank you Simon. Can we get deeper into the engines? I mean, the Vs, Ls, and Inlines?

    • @VikramAdithya48
      @VikramAdithya48 Před 2 lety +6

      The L engine is basically a V engine

    • @lordgibbness
      @lordgibbness Před 2 lety +1

      I think all the Vs are Ls now that Aprilia have followed the others...

    • @Mirage2000H
      @Mirage2000H Před 2 lety

      @@lordgibbness Yamaha and Suzuki are inlines. The only inline on the grid from 2023 will be Yamaha.

    • @lordgibbness
      @lordgibbness Před 2 lety

      @@Mirage2000H yep. I was just talking about the angle of the V engines. They're all 90° now.

  • @sbsb4995
    @sbsb4995 Před rokem +1

    Excellent episode

  • @calexiou69
    @calexiou69 Před 2 lety

    very very interesting info. Thank you man.

  • @motherearth6393
    @motherearth6393 Před rokem

    Very nice and technology information about MotoGP . Thanx for sharing your valuable information Simon. Keep it up

  • @andnegr
    @andnegr Před 2 lety +2

    Great job Simon!

  • @peterago1082
    @peterago1082 Před 2 lety

    Great analysis SIMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @twt3716
    @twt3716 Před 2 lety +1

    Simon, you're a legend.

  • @AjithKumar-uk1wq
    @AjithKumar-uk1wq Před 2 lety +4

    Absolutely loveing every TECH talk . Suzuki increased 500 rpm , is this is the case?. The engine manufacturer, only Suzuki or aprillia are manufacturer allow these kind of tech details.

    • @johns.1898
      @johns.1898 Před 2 lety +1

      Rpm is known because other teams can analyse the sound signature of each bike. That's what they did in the past to pick up on firing orders

  • @jtoaderamma
    @jtoaderamma Před 2 lety

    Very enlightening!

  • @perdoppenheimer
    @perdoppenheimer Před 2 lety +2

    Excellent.

  • @pearllllllll
    @pearllllllll Před 2 lety +3

    Simon
    Very interesting
    Thank you
    When viewing the practice starts
    The sound of the strain on the engine would be wearing
    Knowing somehow the strain factor with the practice starts would be interesting as well - not sure how one would go about that
    Perhaps improving that area for a better flow
    Or
    Are Clutches the area that need looking at - developing - perhaps another way of connectivity
    Or are Electric bikes going to super seed
    Great Commentating Simon
    Thank you

  • @SuperbikeJunky
    @SuperbikeJunky Před 2 lety +2

    Loved this 💪🏾

  • @marcov4190
    @marcov4190 Před 2 lety

    Thank you Simon!

  • @francoiscoetzee1271
    @francoiscoetzee1271 Před 2 lety +3

    Thanks Simon as always very insightful and great detail. I take it if the team loose an engine due to mechanical damage, the team is not allowed to refresh the engine, if there is no structural damage to the casings do they re-use these engines?
    Does a team have to supply every rider on the grid with 7 engines? Or are they allowed to refresh an engine once it reached the specified mileage, which then counts as a new engine?
    What I get to is, does KTM for example build 7x4 = 28 engines for this season? Or do they build 4 engines per rider and refresh them during the season?
    Thanks for all your insight Simon, say howzit to Brad and Darryn and Rob Portman if you spot them boet!

  • @KelvinHappyLife
    @KelvinHappyLife Před 2 lety

    Golden info Simon!

  • @buronwillaims9108
    @buronwillaims9108 Před 2 lety +1

    Simon never disappoint👍

  • @pyrusmasterdan1
    @pyrusmasterdan1 Před rokem

    Holy cow there’re are so many layers to racing in MotoGP

  • @scottajane
    @scottajane Před 2 lety

    Thanks Simon, love your work. Just wondering how many engines would be in use at any point during the season? Ie do they open them in series one after the other or have many open in parallel and do a lot of swapping back and forth? Sounds like the latter but wasn’t sure if there were restrictions around that. Cheers.

  • @doomizz
    @doomizz Před 2 lety

    thats gold! thnx simon 😊

  • @jeroenvander2938
    @jeroenvander2938 Před 2 lety +1

    Great stuff!

  • @REZACREATORLIVE
    @REZACREATORLIVE Před 2 lety +1

    Sukses SELALU CZcams
    MotoGP

  • @adel5637
    @adel5637 Před 2 lety

    i like this man accent, easy to understand

  • @zypie1
    @zypie1 Před 2 lety

    Simon, you’re the best!

  • @noshuhafiz2364
    @noshuhafiz2364 Před rokem

    Thanks man!!

  • @aberoy5901
    @aberoy5901 Před 2 lety +2

    These are awesome!!!

  • @graemerobinson8824
    @graemerobinson8824 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks Simon, why does Aprilia have a concession and not have to comply with the rules the other marques do?

  • @a.g.6172
    @a.g.6172 Před 2 lety

    Thanks Simon

  • @johnbradley1599
    @johnbradley1599 Před rokem

    Thx. Simon. 👍

  • @L2rs_101
    @L2rs_101 Před 2 lety +2

    nice, that was quite interesting

  • @barryvercueil2346
    @barryvercueil2346 Před 2 lety

    Simon you LEGEND!!!!

  • @julianpava5086
    @julianpava5086 Před 2 lety +2

    I've got a man crush on Simon. He's the best of MotoGP.

  • @yesbro0211
    @yesbro0211 Před 2 lety

    The content it's really professional

  • @markhancock7527
    @markhancock7527 Před 2 lety +1

    Very interesting.

  • @Jackdudu
    @Jackdudu Před 2 lety +1

    Enjoyed

  • @mahavakyas002
    @mahavakyas002 Před 2 lety +3

    great video - would be even better with some good animations to go along with the descriptions/explanations.

  • @750INTERCEPTER
    @750INTERCEPTER Před rokem

    I am guessing engine sealed does not include transmission, clutch and primary drive. So there are a lot of possibilities for changing the demands put on the engines at the different venues.

  • @mm93mustwin13
    @mm93mustwin13 Před 2 lety

    Good Stuff

  • @l88ch3r
    @l88ch3r Před 2 lety +1

    What is the reason for allowing satellite teams to run different bike specs, but not for the big teams? That makes no sense to me.

  • @brandonmika74
    @brandonmika74 Před 2 lety +2

    Hey Simon, I’ve always wondered what happens to the engine they remove from bikes? Wether it’s failed or just ran it’s life of roughly 2k’s?

    • @evelia1156
      @evelia1156 Před rokem

      Great question but I would imagine they are returned to the factory and they rebuild them

  • @smoothpistol
    @smoothpistol Před 2 lety

    MOTOGP should bring the DCT handle paddle shifters to the sport like F1 has it on the steering wheel. I think that would make the bikes safer by freeing up rider headspace for track strategy. The DCT technology uses it and it definitely makes street riding safer by freeing up headspace for road strategy.

    • @VikramAdithya48
      @VikramAdithya48 Před 2 lety

      then what is the use of racing we might as well race super scoters.

  • @ResizeFilms
    @ResizeFilms Před 2 lety +3

    Interesting.

  • @TheShifty450
    @TheShifty450 Před 2 lety

    I love the engine shit. I wanna see inside one of the teams cylinder head program

  • @bxbank
    @bxbank Před 2 lety

    Crazy. So complicated.
    I was expecting a blooper at the end, MC. Next time. :)

  • @jaysonbrenton6400
    @jaysonbrenton6400 Před 2 lety +1

    Do they re use the old engines in any way?

  • @paulduhig7131
    @paulduhig7131 Před 2 lety +2

    When a rider gets a previous year bike from the factory team, are the engines brand new or are they unsealed and rebuilt?

  • @RowanGontier
    @RowanGontier Před 2 lety +1

    I thought I heard that Simon is doing Ted Talks now, which seemed a great idea. Well, Tech talks are great too.

  • @seanc6754
    @seanc6754 Před rokem

    I would love to know more about the pneumatic valve system all the gp bikes use.. pwa pwa pleeeeeeaasseee

  • @HarambeHonda
    @HarambeHonda Před 2 lety

    Engine - Races around for a bit and returns to the garage.
    Simon put a mic to the engine - "Great race today, how do you feel?"
    Engine - "..."

  • @cooperwolfe1731
    @cooperwolfe1731 Před 2 lety +1

    Where do the engines go after the season ends.

  • @SimoneDArchino
    @SimoneDArchino Před 2 lety

    Hi Simon. As always very interesting! You're the reason why I follow MotoGP now that Valentino has gone!

  • @Chris-ls4nm
    @Chris-ls4nm Před 2 lety +28

    MotoGP needs to go back to 45 minute qualifying sessions. All this 15minute BS is silly. Too many yellow flags and too many laps been taken away + in lap out laps is ruining the championship standings. It has a great enough effect to potentially ruin the championship for riders.if you argue that it's more exciting, it's not, it's far more interesting to see the results change over 45 minutes with a few last lap dashes at the end. But also fair enough for people to get in their best time.

    • @daveforthereds
      @daveforthereds Před 2 lety +2

      Indeed it's true.
      For me 20' is minimal time (like in Warm Up session on Sunday morning). 15' is too much less time to make a good lap.

    • @siva2three
      @siva2three Před 2 lety +3

      Atleast 30 mins its fine.....but the Yellow Flag is utter non-sense most crucial final runs goes in vain.

    • @anastasyarin
      @anastasyarin Před 2 lety +1

      Yea, now u mention it i reallize that many riders dont get their best lap bcz of yellow flag.. 🤔

  • @davidnelson6893
    @davidnelson6893 Před 2 lety

    That you sir