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Dave G
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Looks like theres a good chance that moto gp maybe going to 1000cc engines for the 2012 season, If so cant see rossi packing it in this side of 2013.
Can't see them ging back to thous though it would be counterproductive as the last time they were too powerful.
Maybe more than a rumour? :dunno: (The page took ages to load, so be patient)...Just a rumour, as yet. But still a possibility...
Hmmmm...
so everyone will have 1000cc fireblade engine and put it into there own chassis like the moto 2 series ???
Giving them just six engines to work with all year still favours the financial better off teams, they put mega expensive endurance parts in them from the off so they last the season which is more expensive than stripping the engine every other race. Good example is Edwards, JT,s and the suzooks engines were all past there sell by date for the last few races. but the factory ones were still going strong.
Bin the electrics, put the control back in the riders right hand and lets go racing proper :bow:
at whatever cc :-0)
Hmmmm...
so everyone will have 1000cc fireblade engine and put it into there own chassis like the moto 2 series ???
Giving them just six engines to work with all year still favours the financial better off teams, they put mega expensive endurance parts in them from the off so they last the season which is more expensive than stripping the engine every other race. Good example is Edwards, JT,s and the suzooks engines were all past there sell by date for the last few races. but the factory ones were still going strong.
Bin the electrics, put the control back in the riders right hand and lets go racing proper :bow:
at whatever cc :-0)
Maybe more than a rumour? :dunno: (The page took ages to load, so be patient)
MotoGP's 1000cc move gets green light
By Matt Beer Saturday, December 12th 2009, 09:41 GMT
Spanish MotoGP start 2009MotoGP's switch to 1000cc engines from 2012 has been passed by motorcycle racing's government body, the FIM.
The change has been mooted since the summer, and was officially approved during yesterday's Grand Prix Commission meeting.
Only the basic engine concept has been revealed so far - with the capacity being up to 1000cc and the engines having four cylinders and a maximum bore of 81 millimetres. FIM president Vito Ippolito said that further details would follow soon, but that this should be sufficient for the manufacturers to begin preparing for 2012.
"This base will give all the manufacturers the opportunity to start work," he said.
"At the beginning of next year we will produce the new rules in a more complete format, but that is the basis; 2012 will be the year of a new era of MotoGP."
MotoGP commercial rights-holder Carmelo Ezpeleta added that further meetings to fine-tune the format would take place before next season's championship commences.
"This has been approved and between now and the start of the 2010 season we will have another two meetings to define the rest of the specifications for this new class," he said.
There have been concerns that changing to 1000cc engines would bring MotoGP too close to World Superbike rules, although Ippolito has previously suggested that the FIM feels engine similarity would be irrelevant as the crucial differentiation between the two classes is that MotoGP bikes are pure racing prototypes whereas Superbikes have road origins.
MotoGP started with 990cc engines when it superseded the 500cc world championship in 2002, but the engine capacity was reduced to 800cc from the start of the 2007 season.
However this change failed to keep reduce cornering speeds as had been hoped, and led to criticism from leading riders who felt the lower power and greater importance of electrical systems such as traction control meant MotoGP was no longer sufficiently challenging.