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The ECU Endgame: Will MotoGP Survive Motegi?
This may very well turn out to be the biggest week in MotoGP since the decision to replace the two stroke 500s with large capacity four stroke machines. This week, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta is set to...
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Thursday Summary at Valencia: Of Anticipation, Determination, Preparation, &...
The atmosphere in the paddock at Valencia is an odd mixture of fatigue, excitement and anticipation. Fatigue, because it is the end of a long season, and the teams and riders are barely recovered from...
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New MotoGP Rules for 2014: Spec-ECU, Spec-Software, Fewer Motors, Less Fuel,...
After an almost interminable period of discussions and debate, agreement has at last been reached over the technical regulations to be applied in MotoGP for the 2014 onwards. The agreement has been a...
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Saturday Summary at Valencia: Of Lap Records, Hunger For Success, & Giving...
The last of the 990cc pole records finally went at Valencia, along with the last record held by Valentino Rossi at any of the tracks currently on the calendar. Dani Pedrosa’s astonishing last lap was...
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MotoGP: Private Tests Banned, Moto3 Engine Costs Curbed
With the MotoGP paddock once again assembled for the start of the season at Qatar, the four organizations who make up the Grand Prix Commission, MotoGP’s rulemaking body, took the opportunity to meet,...
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MotoGP Dropping Claiming Rule in 2014 – Goodbye CRT?
MotoGP’s Claiming Rule is set to be consigned to the history books. At the next meeting of the Grand Prix Commission at Barcelona, a proposal will be put forward to abandon the claiming rule...
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New Cost-Cutting Rules for World Superbike Starting in 2014
The FIM, Dorna & MSMA have been able to come to an accord on the new rules for the World Superbike Championship, and the name of the game is cost reduction.In a series of changes that will begin in...
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Analysis: Ducati’s Non-MSMA Entry Machines for MotoGP – A Great Gamble with...
At Assen, Ducati MotoGP Project Director Paolo Ciabatti revealed that they too will be offering bikes for non-MSMA teams in 2014. While Honda is selling a simplified production racer version of the...
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MotoGP’s New Rules on ECUs & Factory Riders Explained
There was a small flurry of excitement when the minutes of the last meeting of the Grand Prix Commission, including rules on the spec-ECU and factory entries were announced last week. That was then...
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WSBK: FIM Confirms Cost-Cutting Rules, Adds EVO Class
The FIM has confirmed changes to the World Superbike Championship for the 2014 season and onward. Following in the footsteps of the MotoGP Championship, WSBK will go to an eight-engine allocation (per...
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The Newspeak of MotoGP’s Rules for 2014
At the same time the World Superbike rules for 2014 were announced, the revised version of the MotoGP rules, including updates for next season were also published. But unlike the WSBK rules, no press...
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Analyzing Ducati’s 2014 MotoGP Launch
If you wanted proof that things are changing at Ducati, you need look no further than the launch of their MotoGP team.In years past, it was an outrageously flamboyant affair, a veritable extravaganza...
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Factory 2 Rules Adopted for 2014 Season: Spec-Software Compulsory in MotoGP...
After a week of debate and discussion, the Grand Prix Commission has finally reached an agreement on the Factory 2 class. It took many hours of phone calls, and full agreement was not reached until...
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MotoGP: MSMA Agrees To Freeze Electronics Ahead of 2016
With the MotoGP series due to switch over to standard software for the spec Magneti Marelli ECU in 2016, there comes a point at which it makes no sense for the factories to continue developing their...
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Minimum Weights To Be Reduced Soon in MotoGP
The news that 340mm carbon brake discs are to be allowed once again in MotoGP has rekindled a debate that has been going on behind the scenes for some time.The move to allow the discs at all tracks,...
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The Quartararo Rule – Moto3 Minimum Age Limit Changed
The minimum age limit for the Moto3 class is to be dropped for the winner of the Spanish CEV Moto3 championship. In a meeting at Brno, the Grand Prix Commission approved a proposal for the winner of...
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The 2015 MotoGP Rules Primer: Engines, Fuel, Tires, Testing, & More for the...
Once upon a time, Grand Prix racing rules were fairly simple: bikes had to have two wheels, weigh 130kg, have a maximum capacity of 500cc and a maximum of four cylinders. The switch to four strokes in...
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2016 MotoGP Rules Clarified: 7 Engines, 22 Liters, 157kg, & Performance...
The Grand Prix Commission have filled in the last question marks over the 2016 MotoGP regulations.While the decision on the amount of fuel the bikes would be allowed to run had already been decided...
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MotoGP: MSMA Proposes Introducing Concession Points Early, Removing Ducati...
Ducati could have their concessions removed a year early. The manufacturers’ association, MSMA, are proposing to introduce the concession point system, which was due to start in 2016, to apply from...
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MotoGP in 2017 & Beyond – Towards a Brighter Future?
The MotoGP grid is looking in surprisingly good health in 2015. The series has come a long way in the five years since 2010, when there were just 17 full-time entries on the grid, and Suzuki was...
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