Ducati

Ducati brought a new engine to Sepang. The goal was t🐻o solve engine braking problems of the GP23 which Enea Bastianini haꦇd called "a disaster".

Francesco Bagnai🐈a reacted to the GP24: "I have good potential, more on thඣe braking. We are adjusting the power delivery."

The '24☂ Ducati also features a different aerodyꦕnamic design, specifically the main set of wings on the front fairing.

A new side fairing꧂ is a major point of differ🎃ence for the latest Ducati.

It is a hy🌠brid configuration, jಞoining last season's ground effect fairing with downward ducts.

Jorge Martin complained about thꦑe fairing during the Sepang test but, after an extra day of use, joined Bastianini and Bagnaia in his praise🅰 for it.

The Ducati has also updated both exhausts.

KTM

The use of the carbon fibre chassis is the most significant decision that KTM made. The Tech3 GASGAS ൲team also used a carbon fibre chassis.

Their search for the perfec🤡t exhaust means settling on an updated lower exhaust, alongside an old top exhaust.

KTM, like Aprilia, included eye-catching aero 👍in Sepang.

“We’re playing, literally, with🔯 thin air here," Jack Miller said about the ae🔥rodynamics.

“They look rad⛎ical and the changes look massive but, in all honesty, it’s not massively big changes.

“There are🔯 minute changes here, there and everywh♌ere.

“Th൲e thing is… it affects the bike 🐓everywhere. Drive, on the maximum lean angle, tipping the bike in, braking.

“There are so many 🦂🔯variables that go into testing this stuff.

“That’s why it’s hard🍷 to nail together a decent package because there are so many variables between items.🐽"

Aprilia

Aprilia caught th⭕e eye in Sepang with some noticable innovations.

The chassis, aero package,🌳 𝕴and engine are all brand new.

The aerodynamics are an even greater point of different to last year's bike, and have resulted in♔ a new balance for the 2024 RS-GP.

Sidepod wings have been added in a major overhaul of the aero. And the rear tail unit now features a diff𝄹user under the tail.

Aleix Espargaro's feedback was: "The level of this bike is higher. Now we need to understand how to ri🍸de i🦹t. 

"The aerodynamics make the🐽 bike quite different, but I like it. It helps me in corner spee☂d, I can ride with more mid-corner because I have more stability. So I need to get used to it. But looks like potential is high.

“Super heavier! This is the negative thing,” Espargaro confirmed. “The bike is super heavy and ph꧒ysical. But what I want is to be fast. I don’t c🌞are if it’s physical. But it is – a lot!”

Yamaha

Yam👍aha's new aerodynamics resembled last year's Aprilia design. Sidepod wings initially popped up but don't appear to be staying.

A new engine was aimed at giving Yamaha a smoother power delivery but problems persist with putting together a singl𒆙e fast lap.

Fabio Quartararo posted impressive top speeds but Yamaha insist it w🌄as due to his braking ability.

“I th👍ink the speed is also with the braking reference,” Quartararo admitted. 

“I♛’m not saying the bike is slow, the bike is very fast but the braking reference also makes it a little bit strange on the top speed.

“But this is super positive to have a fast bike but we still have to improve our fast lap. Our one lap we♛ are missing so much and this is our biggest pro𒉰blem right now."

Honda

Honda's focus was on improv꧑ing the bike that was seen at the postseas🎃on Valencia test, rather than the bike used in the 2023 season.

An updated engine has not yet solved problems with rear grip, though🧜.

Honda introduced an aluminium swingarm, notab🌠ly because it was seemingly built by the manufacturer itself rather than being sourced.

They played with different ✨aero packages, most significantly stegosaurus wings paired with a large rear aero.

Luca Marini implored Honda to continue in their own dire༒ction rather than copying Ducati, saying: “It is faster. But it is less forgiving, not as much control but it is more in your hand. There is a little bit more power so we are struggling with grip because the torque is more.

“We need to be more careful with the throttle because the power is there. You canꦫ ride faster because the engine is stronger.”