TEAM #RIDEHVMC DUCATI PANIGALE R
RACER TEST
P114
the first red shift lights mak-
ing their appearance at 11,000
rpm, front wheel pawing the air
at roughly 100 mph, then slam-
ming the number 23 on the
knee for the deceptively fast
right-hand turn five and the left
for turn six—it's why I love big
bore, big tech race bikes. The
Panigale just flows through here,
dancing from one corner to the
other, although if I were going
any quicker I'm sure the dance
would start to become more of a
fight and the tolerances for error
ever smaller.
And that is what Corey Alexan-
der's been facing this year. The
margin for error is tiny at best in
MotoAmerica, and the Panigale
R is a double-edged sword. Get
the setup right, and the Ducati
is a weapon par-excellence. Get
it wrong and you'll go nowhere,
fast. In that case, Corey Alexan-
der's Ducati Panigale R Super-
stock racer is no different from
the Desmosedici GP16 ridden by
Andrea Dovizioso in MotoGP or
the Panigale R ridden by Chaz
Isn't she pretty?!
The presentation
of the #RideHVMC
machine has been
beyond reproach
this season.
(Left) The standard
dash is accompanied
by all the usual buttons
you'd expect from a top
line racer on the bars.
Interestingly, there's no
pit lane speed limiter
and no launch control
on this bike. (Right) AIM
data logger sits under
the tail section.
