Obviously it will would be a cold day in hell before any manufacturer would want to enter MotoGP and spend the amounts of money needed to field a competitive bike, but just indulge me on this question.
Which manufacturer would you most like to see enter/re-enter MotoGP?
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MV Agusta
I want all of those manufacturers in MotoGP a long with a half-dozen boutique companies as well. Some of the missing companies may be back in MotoGP sooner than you think. What's stopping MV from building a special variant of the new F4RR, and selling it to CRT teams?
I want all of those manufacturers in MotoGP a long with a half-dozen boutique companies as well. Some of the missing companies may be back in MotoGP sooner than you think. What's stopping MV from building a special variant of the new F4RR, and selling it to CRT teams?
The rules. Manufacturers can't field CRT teams or supply whole bikes to CRT teams. The only help a new manufacturer gets is 9 engines instead of 6. Now they could supply an engine to a CRT team. CRT teams can only be racing teams that build or buy a chassis and then buy an engine to go in it. The same as in Moto2 and Moto3 and therefore they should have just called them Moto1 teams.
If manufacturers weren't allowed to supply bikes to CRT teams, Suter wouldn't be allowed to sell the Moto1. The rule is that any team can have its CRT status revoked by a GPC vote, and no manufacturer-branded team is allowed to compete as a CRT. It doesn't matter if MV sell the bike to teams instead of Suter.
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The North!
If a manufacturer can sell a complete bike to a race team and have it run as a CRT then in theory Gresini, Tech 3, Pramac can all run as CRT's.
Suter as far as I know is building a chassis and then putting a BMW engine in it. There is nothing stopping them selling their chassis to someone else who also buys a BMW engine and running as a CRT.
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Texas
If the manufacturers sold their MotoGP bikes on the open market, Gresini, Tech 3, and Pramac would be CRT teams. Even if they ran satellite equipment via lease they could be a CRT (technically), but before the first race was run, the GPC would reclassify them as "factory".
Anything sold on the open market is fair game, as long as the bike is not homologated for WSBK.
Norton, MV Agusta (which is Harley anyway)
Imagine the cult following........
A Norton GP bike would have to be called a Manx, and the riders would have to be rough and wear black leathers (unshaven, whiskey drinkers, smoking unfiltered rolley cigerettes)
Sadly, neither will ever be involved in MotoGP, other than as a namesake only, unless someone comes along with a lot of passion, and very deep pockets.
Imagine the cult following........
A Norton GP bike would have to be called a Manx, and the riders would have to be rough and wear black leathers (unshaven, whiskey drinkers, smoking unfiltered rolley cigerettes)
Sadly, neither will ever be involved in MotoGP, other than as a namesake only, unless someone comes along with a lot of passion, and very deep pockets.
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Norah Head
If Mgp is to survive, I was kinda assuming the next influx of manufacturers would come from the place that is like Japan was of yore when Honda Suzuki etc. where just coming in. That next place is China and Korea etc. ie. Mainland Asia.
So if gas bikes will persist, and electro's take a whileto get going, we may see the Hyosungs, Daelims and CTmoto types coming in ....... oh and "Thaiumph" or is it "Taiwumph"? .... they are just made in Thailand or Taiwan anyway aren't they?
If electro's come in ....... I think China will be the next Japan.
So if gas bikes will persist, and electro's take a whileto get going, we may see the Hyosungs, Daelims and CTmoto types coming in ....... oh and "Thaiumph" or is it "Taiwumph"? .... they are just made in Thailand or Taiwan anyway aren't they?
If electro's come in ....... I think China will be the next Japan.
I am not sure you are correct but I totally respect your knowledge so I will ask for someone with more knowledge than me to give us some decisive answers. Krop?
The rules are about as clear as a muddy situation can make them:
The chassis must be a prototype (actually, the wording is that the frame, tank, fairing and a few other parts from a road bike may not be used). There is no word on the provenance of the engines.
Norton will be back next year, as a factory team, with an FTR chassis an a V4 powerplant. Aprilia will not be allowed back into the GP paddock as a factory presence for the next 20-odd years, or at least as long as Ezpeleta is still running the show. KTM could come back, I've heard rumors to that effect. There could be a lot of badged CRT bikes (a bit like De Angelis running a Motobi, which is an ancient Italian brand), with BMW or Aprilia engines.
