MotoGP back to 1000cc?
Champ
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Michael Sierchio
> http://www.motomatters.com/news/2009/11/07/motogp_back_to_1000cc_from_2012.html
Can I have a grain of salt with that?
Julian Bond
>Champ wrote:
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>>http://www.motomatters.com/news/2009/11/07/motogp_back_to_1000cc_from_2
>>012.html
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>Can I have a grain of salt with that?
Better than that. You can have an Aprilia RSV4-GP.
I can't imagine Honda, Yamaha or Ducati building production based
machines. So unless production based engines are required, the best this
means is that a WCM will be able to build a race bike with a production
based engine and go round in 10th to 28th and occasionally get lapped.
It might mean that Aprilia and BMW feel they can get involved and I
think an unlimited tuning RSV4 might be almost competitive. But it won't
win.
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Michael Sierchio
My proposal - strict, ever-decreasing on-board fuel limits.
You don't need a displacement limit, fuel = HP = top speed.
Want to limit those? And advances in fuel management would be
a good technology transfer item for street bikes - we have
traction control already.
[The new MTS 1200 is way cool, as they say in California]
Mark N
> My proposal - strict, ever-decreasing on-board fuel limits.
> You don't need a displacement limit, fuel = HP = top speed.
> Want to limit those? And advances in fuel management would be
> a good technology transfer item for street bikes - we have
> traction control already.
Nah, fuel limitations are one of the biggest problems with MotoGP today,
so I don't see how they could possibly be an answer.
The answer that Dorna and the factories seems to be sliding toward is a
good one, I think - use Moto2 to test-run the idea of cheaper, reliable
powerplants without electronic rider aids and a lot of other advanced
(read: very expensive and boredom-enhancing) technology. Then they
switch MotoGP to a similar formula, 1000cc engines either built to a
similar spec as production motors (like the Honda Moto2 motor) or to
some spec imposed on all the manufacturers, part of that being
series-controlled ECUs. But the factories would continue to build their
own motors and chassis, so it will continue to have big OEM financial
investment. The racing shifts from a technology-based interest and R&D
exercise to more of a entertainment promotional tool but with continues
chassis advancements. Eventually they may just move to modifying
production powerplants in both MotoGP and Moto2, by the time that the
current impediment contract with the FIM expires if not sooner.
What really sucks right now is the prospect of two more years of the
hideous 800s without any rule changes. Those things are slowly killing
GP, and some of the things they're doing to deal with cost containment -
severely limiting testing and also limiting practice - just makes it
worse. And spec tires didn't help matters at all, it just made the
racing more predictable overall. Now the teams are creating another
layer of stultifying uniformity - the field is quickly becoming composed
entirely of 125/250-bred riders, many of studied mediocrity, most
smaller than I was at age 13.
If it wasn't for the arrival of Spies, and to a much lesser extent
Simoncelli, there'd almost be nothing to stimulate interest in next
year. Well, beyond the permanent state of 2011 silly season and the
eventual fate of the so-called Fab Four...