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2024 Barcelona MotoGP Test Preview: All Change For The New Season

There are years that the post-race test at the last round of the year - normally post Valencia, but Barcelona this year - is more of a formality than a source of excitement. The 2024 post-Barcelona test is not one of those occasions, however. A lot of riders are swapping teams and bikes, as are a lot of crew chiefs, so there is a lot to get used to.

The final test of the year is not usually a place to see new bikes or a lot of new parts introduced. Riders are tired after a long and emotionally draining season, the adrenaline of racing which has sustained them is gone, and nobody is as sharp as they should be and capable of providing the kind of precise and detailed feedback that the factories require.

In terms of bikes and parts, the focus will mostly be on general, big picture stuff. Some first impressions, and some acclimatization. The bikes at Barcelona may be very preliminary verions of what we see next year, but Sepang is where we will see the first real prototypes for the 2025 season take to the track.

With so many changes taking place, I have added a list of who is going where in 2025 at the bottom of this post. That includes riders, bikes, and crew chiefs. But first, what to expect from the various factories.

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David Emmett Mon, 18/Nov/2024 - 20:42

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