[kropotkin thinks...] - KTM MotoGP Tech Director Sebastian Risse Interview, Part 2: O

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In part two of our interview with Sebastian Risse, KTM MotoGP Technical Director, I talked to Risse about the precise process of developing the bike, and balancing rider input with simulations based on race and testing data. Risse also talks about the role Dani Pedrosa has played in helping to move the bike forward, and the work for 2020. And he responds to the rumors that KTM is interested in hiring Ducati Corse boss Gigi Dall'Igna to lead the MotoGP project.

You can read the first part of this interview here.

Q: When people talk about developing the bike, about how a rider develops the bike, can you explain the process of how that works? You talk to the riders, but you also talk to the engineers. Can you give examples of what the riders are saying and how you interpret that with what you know to do about the bike?

Sebastian Risse: I think overall we have two main loops. The one is you bring maybe ten test items to the track and the rider has to sort out what suits him. Either for his particular problems that he has on this track, or for having in mind on this track this problem is not such a priority, but I know it would help me on another track and it doesn’t hurt me here so I take it anyway. So this kind of a selection process to be clear in this, I think it’s naturally shaping the character of the bike towards the rider.