DUCATI TRIALS TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATION IN BARCELONA MOTOGP TEST

Ducati test rider Michele Pirro was able to exchange spoken messages with team manager Davide Tardozzi over radio during Tuesday’s MotoGP test in Barcelona.In the first minutes of the official test at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, an intercom that Dorna had been developing was installed in Pirro’s helmet before he went out on track. On the other side, Tardozzi was given a headset with an in-built microphone.

During several outings that Pirro made in the first hour of testing to fine-tune the bikes of Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez, the Italian was able to receive some messages from Tardozzi, while he himself was able to provide input to the veteran team boss while still circulating on track.

For the moment, the company that is developing the system together with Dorna does not want to offer too many details about the test, but Tardozzi could be seen both talking and putting his hand to the headset to listen to what was coming from the microphone installed in Pirro’s helmet.

For years, Dorna has been developing a system so that riders can receive and exchange spoken messages when they are on track from the box.