I love brilliant but simple solutions. In a world where complexity is often looked upon as being better, there's a reason why certain simple things still just work. A pocket knife, a fishing pole, an '80s Ford F-250, they're all as basic as a hammer, and they make sense. Not everything needs Bluetooth, though I'm sure I'll get comments saying otherwise.
And when racing organizations come out with something that's brilliantly simple, ah, that's just the best. Whereas most teams will spend millions building a better mousetrap, adding complexity for complexity's sake, and therefore potentially introducing new failure points, there are those flourishes of simple brilliance that just make you stop and say, "Wow, that's awesome."
That's what Aprilia's done with its latest MotoGP motorcycle: a brilliantly simple hack that has the entire paddock talking. It also has the entire paddock worried that Marco Bezzecchi may very well be on his way to his first MotoGP championship. Why? Because Aprilia figured out how to skirt the active aero rules and make the rider the actuation system.
