The fact that Ducati is working on braking stability made the appearance of winglets on the GP15 even more confusing. Ducati had announced that they would be bringing a highly visible upgrade, and Andrea Dovizioso spent part of the evening riding the bike with the winglets, the kind of technical development it is hard to hide. What was the purpose of the winglets? The last time Ducati brought winglets back in 2010, the official explanation was to help reduce wheelies at high speed. That argument was rendered less credible by the winglets making their debut at Laguna Seca, a track with only one fast straight. The shape of the 2010 winglets suggested an alternative explanation, the tips flowing air past the fairing exhaust slits. Perhaps the purpose was to help extract hot air from behind Ducati's body panels, an issue for which the Desmosedici was notorious.
These winglets are different, however. Below is a tweet from Ducati showing the winglets, followed by a photo taken by Scott Jones of the original winglets in 2010. The 2015 version looks much more single purpose: providing downforce close to the front of the bike, with no ulterior use. Does this help braking stability? Well, the aim of the winglets is to help keep the front end down at high speed, helping to restict 5th and 6th gear wheelies. If you can prevent the front end from being light when entering the braking zone, then that would smooth the first touch of braking out, and settle the bike throughout the entire braking phase. Theoretically, of course.
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