MotoGP's Future
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You've made a better case against a CRT class. The ebb and flow of competitors would jeopardize the class and render it meaningless. The manufacturers need people to beat so splitting MotoGP into two classes of 12 bikes gives the appearance of fewer direct competitors. Furthemore, if GP keep the deadwood alive with a separate championship, GP won't have room for factory teams. Are they going to kick out a CRT team if a decent factory returns? An informal championship, like the satellite rivalry, is sufficient to keep people interested, and the difference in the technical regulations, as well as swift CRT performance development, should keep fans interested.
Split championship is only necessary if CRT are going to be permanently uncompetitive. Unless the GPC has ratified significantly different rules for 2013, we have no reason to assume CRTs will be uncompetitive. Despite performance handicaps (tires, horsepower, weight), WSBKs can lap within 2 seconds of a MotoGP bike. CRTs have Bridgestones. According to Aprilia, the RSV4 engine magically gains 20+ horsepower for CRT competition. Weight will be similar between CRT and factory with the new 157kg/160kg rules for 2012-2013. Furthermore, Domenicali is complaining about the sophistication of the ART, and how factory development is not in the spirit of the rules. We've yet to see the ART at a MotoGP test (only the RSV4 WSBK with Bridgestones).
If they will just rev limit, this drama will be over. The manufacturers will continue pummeling private teams, and Honda will continue winning even if it's by a less spectacular WSBK-margin. The CRT teams will start the uphill battle to develop a full prototype, rather than horsing around with SBKs and satellite bikes as permitted by the MSMA.
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So, 7 months on and Honda have realized that this scenarion can at least serve as a credible threat, and perhaps a course of action really worth considering.
http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/2012/08/29/honda-goodbye-motogp-hello-wsb/
Every time HRC want a rule change, they threaten to walk - every time.
Still, they did it in F1... and didn't look back.
Still, they did it in F1... and didn't look back.
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siebenbürgen süße heimat!
i'm not sure i'd miss hrc,or any manufacturer.
to be honest ,after some months of grief over the loss of the 250s i found myself enjoying moto2 at least as much.
let honda walk and if they want to stay in gp somehow ,let them sell their production rc213v to privat teams
to be honest ,after some months of grief over the loss of the 250s i found myself enjoying moto2 at least as much.
let honda walk and if they want to stay in gp somehow ,let them sell their production rc213v to privat teams
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http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/BIKES/news/Honda_confirms_a_new_supersports_bike.html
I smell the possibility of a homolgation special in WBSK.
I smell the possibility of a homolgation special in WBSK.
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Southern Aridzona - Hell's doorstep.
Rumor has it he's been committed to the Betty Ford clinic and is undergoing multiple treatments aimed at reversing the (gruesome) effects of chronic steroid abuse.
Jumkie, any word from the clinic?
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He's busy getting sucked off by your sister....
Carry on.
(P.S I wont be looking at this thread again, so don't even bother trying to type a smart arsed reply
I doubt my sister would consider a dumb-arsed mechanic in the same social class, let alone someone suitable for frolics.
But as you will never look at this thread again, you will never know that.
Nice try at a wind-up, not very smart and not very original, but no doubt it made you feel tough.
I get it - you're Welsh. You need to hit and run to feel tough. Sticking around and matching wits is something you aren't equipped for.
But as you will never look at this thread again, you will never know that.
Nice try at a wind-up, not very smart and not very original, but no doubt it made you feel tough.
I get it - you're Welsh. You need to hit and run to feel tough. Sticking around and matching wits is something you aren't equipped for.
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Clearly google didn't work for u there mate, that one went straight over your head
Didnt Chopper Read .... him up though?
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