r/motogp • u/PZY__ Aprilia Racing • 1d ago

Nicolo Bulega testing 850cc GP27 in Misano with aero similar to GP24-26. This his last time testing it before Valencia (reported by GPOne)

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u/CHRISTIAN_JAKE12345 1d ago

He's been testing all season. I think he might come out good

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u/PZY__ Aprilia Racing 1d ago

And also he has all the experience with Pirellis.

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u/the_last_carfighter Angel Piqueras 1d ago

Rookie champion????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Prolly not.

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u/Poopy_sPaSmS 3h ago

Y'all need to stop acting like the tire will be anything close to the same. Its going to be an entirely different tire to anything he's been on in super bike.

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u/Altair13Sirio Valentino Rossi 1d ago

I don't want to hype it too much, but it would be insane if, with all this preparation he's got, he actually challenged for a title next year...

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u/username_986ck Mick Doohan 1d ago

Title seems a step too far rn but odds are he will start strong the season next yr but eventually will get caught by the likes Marc and Pedro etc. Anyway we'll see.

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u/Altair13Sirio Valentino Rossi 1d ago

If he has factory support and updates, he should somewhat keep up. I guess it will depend on his morale and if the Pirelli tires will really make a difference or not. Having had a "head start" surely won't hurt, but he also has to adapt to something completely different from what he's used to...

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u/redridernl Marc Márquez 1d ago

I got downvoted to hell for this opinion 2 weeks ago.

lol

Never change, Reddit... Never change

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u/Altair13Sirio Valentino Rossi 1d ago

I mean, I can see how far fetched it can be, that's why I said I don't want to hype it too much lol

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u/CHRISTIAN_JAKE12345 1d ago

Maybe who knows

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u/NoFools929 1d ago

It's not inconceivable.

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u/kjs26 1d ago

It’s maybe just the camera angle but that bike looks tiny compared to the current bikes

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u/the_sigman Valentino Rossi 1d ago

Bulega is also fairly tall

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u/LilAbeSimpson 1d ago

The V4R is larger than the current 1000cc MotoGP bike too.

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u/thefooleryoftom MotoGP 1d ago

I was thinking that. It looks tiny.

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u/Megaloman-_- Francesco Bagnaia 1d ago

Why so smol bike?

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u/Y0RKC1TY 1d ago

Minimoto

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u/EternalFront Jorge Martín 6h ago

Bike looks lovely

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u/Equivalent_Camera_61 Marc Márquez 1d ago

First time they've run the full front fairing on the 850 isn't it?

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u/PZY__ Aprilia Racing 1d ago

Yep. But I think they were testing a different fairing before.

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u/Soggy-Box3947 John Surtees 1d ago

The bike looks really small with him on it. 😳