Yamaha has become the first MotoGP manufacturer to show its hand with a fairing designed to compensate for the now-banned aerodynamic winglets. During the Sepang pre-season test on Tuesday, both Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales turned laps with a design featuring winglets concealed within a larger bulge on the lower half of the front fairing (pictured above). Manufacturers are expected to come up with solutions to reclaim some of the downforce generated by winglets, which were banned from the end of the 2016 season amid disagreement about legislating their use. Yamaha test rider Kohta Nozane also tried the new M1 fairing on Monday afternoon. "I can not give any information...
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