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MOTOGP: 1000cc In 2012 (Or Even 2011) Pt. 1
MotoGP bikes will be allowed a maximum of 1000cc as of 2012, and it is possible that the first 1000cc bikes will be admitted for the 2011 season.
Dennis Noyes  |  Posted November 20, 2009   Borrego Springs, CA
(Photo: Honda Pro Images)
(Photo: Honda Pro Images)

The crisis has taken its toll and major MotoGP rule changes -- desired by some (including all current MotoGP riders) and dreaded by others who believe Grand Prix racing should be as limitless as possible -- have already been approved.

MotoGP bikes will be allowed a maximum of four cylinders and 1000cc as of 2012, but it is possible and even probable that the first 1000cc bikes will be admitted for the 2011 season, sharing the track with the current 800cc machines for a single transitional year as occurred (but for two years) when the MotoGP 990cc bikes joined 500cc two strokes on a mixed grid in 2002.

The Grand Prix Commission has already agreed to the basic regulations, but the full details of the technical regulations are still to be decided. SPEEDtv.com learned of these developments from utterly reliable sources and has been able to confirm these facts with other independent sources within the MotoGP paddock.

Already IRTA President Herve Poncheral has gone on record as saying that the new MotoGP class will be open to 1000cc engines in prototype chassis in 2012, but there is still some confusion as to whether the class will simply allow, or be limited to, production-derived engines and as to whether electronics will be limited.


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