{"id":631961,"date":"2026-04-26T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631961\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T11:57:09","slug":"yamaha-joins-latest-motogp-aero-trend-with-jerez-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/631961\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamaha joins latest MotoGP aero trend with Jerez debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yamaha has become the final MotoGP manufacturer to introduce \u2018leg wings\u2019, debuting the rear aero at this weekend\u2019s Jerez round.<\/p>\n<p>The seat-mounted devices were first pioneered by Aprilia, before being adopted by Honda, KTM and &#8211; from the previous COTA event &#8211; Ducati.<\/p>\n<p>Yamaha\u2019s initial version appeared on the factory bikes of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/889478\/alex-rins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Alex Rins <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911998\/fabio-quartararo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabio Quartararo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I tested some rear aero, some rear wings, and we need to keep working with that, and also try it in the Jerez test on Monday,\u201d Rins said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut so far it was not so bad &#8211; I will keep it for the rest of the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rins_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Alex Rins, leg wings, 2026 Spanish MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Alex Rins, leg wings, 2026 Spanish MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p>Pramac riders Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jack Miller could get the chance to try them during Monday\u2019s official test.<\/p>\n<p>The use of leg wings was in doubt due to a possible ban on safety grounds for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>However, the devices remain legal until at least the end of the current season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite shorter straights at Jerez, Yamaha&#8217;s new V4 has continued to struggle with wildcard Augusto Fernandez the top M1 qualifier in 16th.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>However, mid-race rain in the Sprint race helped Quartararo charge from 17th to seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yamaha has become the final MotoGP manufacturer to introduce \u2018leg wings\u2019, debuting the rear aero at this weekend\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[40457,64,63,16230,10671,806,805,803,804,85,3561],"class_list":{"0":"post-631961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-alex-rins","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-fabio-quartararo","12":"tag-monster-energy-yamaha-motogp","13":"tag-motor","14":"tag-motor-sports","15":"tag-motosport","16":"tag-motosports","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-yamaha"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}