Suzuki have finally debuted their new seamless gearbox, taking to track at Sepang with Maverick Viñales just before the winter testing ban came into force for the first time with the significantly improved component. The seamless box, first debuted by Honda in 2011, gives smoother acceleration out of corners by reducing the ‘clunk’ typically associated with gear changes by seamlessly engaging the next gear with the current ratio still driving. Speaking to MCN after the test, though, Brivio says that now the box is in place, they can start to make progress both with it and the new standardised software to be shared among all the teams. “We had a very interesting test in Sepang, with...
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