Moto 2

Am I the only one who's gonna miss the sweet sound of those 2strokers??

Ya know I'm not one to dis like some others here but... DO YOU WATCH MGP - 125s ARE SMOKERS TO YA KNOW!

Accepted Teams and number of entries accepted (reserve entries in brackets):
AJO MOTORSPORT: 1 (1)
BALATON RACING TEAM 250: 1
CAMPETELLA RACING: 1
CARDION AB MOTORACING: 1
CIP MOTO - GP250: 1 (1)
EMMI - CAFFE LATTE: 1
G22 RACING TEAM: 2
HAYATE RACING TEAM: 2
HONDA GRESINI: 2
JIR: 2
KINO RACING: 1 (1)
MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM: 2
MATTEONI RACING: 1 (1)
PONS RACING PEPE WORLD: 2
PRAMAC RACING: 2
RACING TEAM BY QUERESENO: 2
RACING TEAM GERMANY: 1 (1)
SCOT RACING TEAM 250: 2
SPEEDUP APRILIA: 2
SPRINT TECNOLOGY RACING: 2
STOP AND GO RACING TEAM S.L.: 2
TEAM ROBERTS: 2
TECH 3: 2
VIESSMANN KIEFER RACING: 1 (1)
WTR SAN MARINO TEAM: 1
SUB TOTAL: 39 (6)

Reserve Teams:
MZ: 2
PROMORACING: 2
SUB TOTAL: 4


Looks like there could be some great racing.

GO TEAM ROBERTS!!!!!!

i'm really gettin stoked up about this new championship! anxious to see the rider line up... especially for team roberts!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Oct 12 2009, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i'm really gettin stoked up about this new championship! anxious to see the rider line up... especially for team roberts!

There's a good selection of teams there, more that I thought.
I wonder if they'll have Kenny and Kurtis riding....I'll do some digging.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bonnielass @ Oct 12 2009, 10:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>There's a good selection of teams there, more that I thought.
I wonder if they'll have Kenny and Kurtis riding....I'll do some digging.
kenny definately not. jumkie asked him about racing again when we were at miller for wsbk & he said he was thru..... kurtis has not riden a bike in some time as far as i know. he was not riding in the ama & i've read or seen or heard nothing about him..... but it is possible i guess. i think..... or i hope that stevie bonsey is 1 of the riders.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Oct 12 2009, 09:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>kenny definately not. jumkie asked him about racing again when we were at miller for wsbk & he said he was thru..... kurtis has not riden a bike in some time as far as i know. he was not riding in the ama & i've read or seen or heard nothing about him..... but it is possible i guess. i think..... or i hope that stevie bonsey is 1 of the riders.


Yeah, he's going to tell some crazed lunatic fan (<u>Enter Jumkie's Name Here</u>) what his future plans and goals are. Oh come on Frosty, even surely you can't take that as hard concrete evidence now do you?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Oct 12 2009, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>kenny definately not. jumkie asked him about racing again when we were at miller for wsbk & he said he was thru..... kurtis has not riden a bike in some time as far as i know. he was not riding in the ama & i've read or seen or heard nothing about him..... but it is possible i guess. i think..... or i hope that stevie bonsey is 1 of the riders.

I've been on all sorts of sights, I can't find any info anywhere, i'll keep looking, maybe I should just phone him.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ Oct 13 2009, 03:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, he's going to tell some crazed lunatic fan (<u>Enter Jumkie's Name Here</u>) what his future plans and goals are. Oh come on Frosty, even surely you can't take that as hard concrete evidence now do you?
well since i was actually standing right there as they were speaking............ yeah i'll take it as concrete.

James Toseland’s crew chief to move to Moto2

By Matthew Birt -

MotoGP

14 October 2009 10:27

The departure of James Toseland from MotoGP has proved costly for the crew chief at the centre of a bust-up between the British rider and Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team-mate Colin Edwards last winter.

Gary Reynders, who left Texan Edwards at the end of the 2008 MotoGP world championship to make a controversial switch to work with Toseland, will move to the new Tech 3 Moto2 squad.

The arrival of Ben Spies has cost Reynders his MotoGP role at Tech 3, with the American bringing his long-serving crew chief Tom Houseworth as part of the deal that has seen him quit World Superbikes for 2010.

Reynders’ switch led to a very public falling out between Edwards and Toseland before Christmas last year.

Toseland denied he had played any role in ‘poaching’ Reynders from Edwards, while the American launched several scathing verbal attacks as a result of the switch that saw him work with experienced Guy Coulon.

The issue forced Tech 3 to follow the example of Yamaha’s Fiat-backed factory team with a dividing wall introduced Toseland and Edwards have since settled their differences and the pair are now back on speaking terms.

<u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%Exclusive: Tech 3 unveil Moto2 contender</u>
16 October 2009

This is the first look at the Tech 3 Moto2 contender that will contest the new four-stroke world championship in 2010.



The French team will release this picture of its prototype Moto2 bike in Australia tomorrow ahead of Sunday’s Phillip Island MotoGP clash.

But not before MCN was given an exclusive first look at the new bike, which currently houses a standard production Honda CBR600RR engine.

With the bike nearing completion, Tech 3 plans to give the bike its first public viewing at the season’s final race in Valencia next month.

As yet the bike has no official designation but it has been designed and built at the team’s French headquarters, with the expertise and experience of Colin Edwards’ MotoGP chief engineer Guy Coulon and James Toseland’s data specialist Nicolas Goyon heavily influential in the project.

Team boss Herve Poncharal is currently locked in negotiations with several riders with current Gresini Honda MotoGP rider Toni Elias a leading target.

Alex de Angelis, Yuki Takahashi, Mattia Pasini, Niccolo Canepa, have all been linked with a Moto2 move with Tech 3, as have British duo Scott Redding and Bradley Smith.

Tech 3 plan to begin shakedown testing in December, with official testing for the new 600cc class not starting until early March in Valencia when Honda delivers the final version of the tuned CBR600RR motor that will be used in the new class.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Oct/091015ui.htm

just in case your still a little fuzzy on the rules of the class.

dunno if its posted already, but vid about moto2

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thats the vid that the link i posted is too..... better your way mari!

Moto2 is showing some promise,hope the momentum keeps rolling the right way.

They say the change is intended to reflect the changing market that no longer includes
road-going two-strokes - but why only Honda? This seems just too lame.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Oct 20 2009, 03:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'> thats the vid that the link i posted is too..... better your way mari!
shows how good and thoroughly I read everyones posts huh

I cant wait for next season with moto2. they sounded amazing in assen this summer

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Keshav @ Oct 26 2009, 06:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>They say the change is intended to reflect the changing market that no longer includes
road-going two-strokes - but why only Honda? This seems just too lame.


Simple... cuz Honda's are the best of course.

nice to get a new championship, but i wished they could keep the 250's also.

how more races, how better our weekend.

I wished we had a Free TV channel with Bike racing the whole weekend, with all different series and they managed to show it all Live. Wow what a nice wish that could be, if that could become true only for one year. ( I am even ready to pay for it )

Now that i think it's all over for this year and we have to wait 5 or 6 months to see the next race, it makes me sad. .... why should they go relax?

Dorna should think of a racing serie for winters, something like A1 GP of Bikes or Asian Motogp serie.

Trying to figure out who is where this is the info I have managed to gather. Also worthy to note that Aprilia will have their bike ready for its customers to test it on December 9th and that Eni (Agip) has been named official fuel of the series, means everyone has to use it, for those teams that accept to wear the Eni stickers fuel will be free plus they'll get 10K €, if you want to have your own fuel sponsor company you have to pay for your fuel (15K €)

Team/Bike/Riders

Ajo Motorsport (1) / Aprilia / Alex Debón & Márquez?Pesek?
Campetella Racing (1) / ? / ?
Cardion AB Motoracing (1) / Aprilia / Karel Abraham
CIP Moto-GP250 (1) / Suter / Tomizawa
Emmi-Caffe Latte (1) / Suter|Kalex? / Tomas Lüthi
G22 Racing Team (2) / Moriwaki / Nieto? & ??
Hayate Racing Team (2) / Suter / ?? & ??
Honda Gresini (2) / Moriwaki / Elias?DeAngelis?Takahashi?
JIR (2) / TSR / Mattia Pasini & JD Beach?Scott Redding?RL Hayden?
Kino Racing (1) / BQR / Fabrizio Perren
Mapfre Aspar Team (2) / Aprilia / J. Simón & M. Di Meglio
Matteoni Racing (1) / ? / Cluzel?
Pons Racing (2) / Kalex / ?? & Axel Pons
Promoracing (2) / Harris? / Joan Olivé & Kenny Noyes?|Sergio Gadea?
Racing Team by Quereseno (2) / BQR / ?? & ??
Racing Team Germany (1) / Suter / Arne Tode
Scot Racing Team 250 (2) / ? / DeRosa?
Speedup Aprilia (2) / Aprilia / Iannone & Gabor Talmacsi
Sprint Technology Racing (2) / Suter / Pietri & ??
Stop and Go Racing Team (2) / ? / Faubel? & Wilairot
Tech 3 (2) / Tech3 / ?? & ??
Viesmann Kiefer Racing (2) / Suter / Bradl
WTR San Marino Team (1) / ? / Baldolini