[kropotkin thinks...] - MotoGP Tech Director Finds No Breach of Moto3 Rev Limits by H

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MotoGP's Technical Director has rejected KTM's claim that Honda exceeded the official Moto3 rev limit during the 2015 season. In an official statement issued today, Danny Aldridge said that he and his technical team had examined the official rev limiter used in Moto3 and verified that it was operating correctly, and that although there had been overshoots of the rev limit, these were very small and very brief.

Aldridge went on to confirm much of what MotoMatters.com had found when we investigated the issue at the end of February. Speaking to Peter Bom, crew chief of 2015 Moto3 world champion on a Honda Danny Kent, Bom explained that the issue had been about the way in which Honda had optimized the point at which the rev limiter cut in, and this is what had caused the confusion. The Honda approach was very different to that of KTM, meaning that riders who had switched from Honda to KTM in 2016 were reporting to KTM engineers that the Honda felt like it had been over-revving.

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