Moto Guzzi Club of Queensland Forum

What are they doing to GP racing?
What's this new one-engine class all about????? (Moto2???)
I don't get it.
Once upon a time you could go to the races and barrack for your favourite make and/or rider and feel some connection to what was going on.
Maybe it will make for close, exciting racing?
But then it's often close and exciting as it is!

I heard something about dropping the smaller 2 strokes possibly to be replaced with 600cc 4 strokes. Who knows? I suspect they are a bit worried by the upsurge in popularity of WBK, some very good racing happening there these days. With the world economy in the crapper things are going to get tight for both series. There is only so much sponsorship money out there, perhaps it may even reach the point of combining both series into the one event? That would be one hell of a weekend at Phillip Island if both SBK and MotoGP were on.

(with 2 t's and exclamation marks)

My 2c worth:

The 'Senior' is now 800cc. I reckon the 'Junior' should be 400cc (1/2 the size) and the 'Lightweight' should be 200cc (1/4 the size).

Either that or bring back 2 smokes with direct injection. Aprilia have a scooter on the market, a 2 smoke with direct injection, and it's supposed to be less polluting that a 4 stroke.

Well we've now got control tyres, so that will probably stifle development - to some extent - but if they bring in all these other rules it will make it all as boring as the smash-em-up derby that they call A1 GP. Of course, it could be worse - they could make it as restrictive as the farce they call V8 Supercars.