Rico Salmela races number 27 for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in Moto3.
Career record across the Grand Prix classes: 12 Grand Prix starts.
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The braking zone is where the lap is won
Corner entry is the last place a rider can still create time, and the first place a lap quietly disappears.
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Reading a tyre choice before the lights go out
The compound on the grid is a forecast. What the same tyre does after ten laps is the argument.
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What a qualifying lap actually costs
One lap on a new tyre is a different sport from the twenty that follow it — and it still decides both.
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The aerodynamics argument, in plain language
Wings changed how these bikes stop, turn and follow each other. Here is what they actually do.