Race breed V4s are moozic to the seat of my pants...
Cut my wrist and it will bleed Honda red... so it kills me to root for Ducati's V4 over Honda's CBR1000RRR I4 a fat pedestrian street bike in WSB racing...
Technically speaking the V4 sports more advantages than a I4...
1) Cube-like crankcase are inherently more rigid than the longer,
beam-like case of an I4 engine.
2)Short V4 crankshaft weights less than an I4...
3)Short V4 crankshaft has less distance to travel and thus takes
physical effort to change direction than I4...
4) 90º V4 has perfect primary balance, a great improvement over
the buzzy, second-order vibration of an I4...
5) A narrow V4 affords up to a 35% reduction in aerodynamic drag over
the wide I4...
6) A V4 has less internal crank bearing friction and able to spin up
faster and deliver more rear wheel HP...