Re: New Moto2 rules published

Julian Bond wrote:
Mark N
Anyway, what I find interesting here is the significant effort made to drop the motor out of the equation, by reducing costs and controlling performance. The two main aspects of that are the obvious opening for production motors and the control ECU. What's not clear is whether or not FGSport have signed off on this, or if it's a trial balloon floated in Spain that might yet collect some buckshot from somewhere in Italy. That it's an FIM-sanctioned statement suggests the former.

How likely is it that by 2011 (or 2012), road going 600s will already have
- Oval throttle bodies
- Dual butterflies
- Variable length inlet trumpets
- Traction control
- Launch control
- A real 17k rev limit
- It's also not inconceivable they'll have 16.5" wheels so Bridgestone and Pirelli can jack the price of a pack of three sticky tyres again.
Specifically so they can win in WSS600

In which case the base engine specs on this class will be below what you and I can buy from the showroom. If there's any showrooms left.

So does it matter? Don't variable length inlet trumpets enhance powerband spread, and does that matter on the track? Do we really want traction control in GP2? How advanced are the current 250 two stroke motors? And some of this stuff can be changed as necessary. For instance, it's pretty clear that they're going to do spec tires here, so does it really matter if the wheels are 17" or 16.5"? And what stops that from changing a year and a half from now when the awarded company wants to build 16.5s or even 16s?

But, and it's a big but, MotoGP2 appears to allow a free camshaft and no restrictions that would limit cylinder head design and compression ratio. So they could potentially be quite a bit faster than WSS600 even before you get to the completely free chassis components. Is 3/4 of MotoGP type power possible within this rule set? 165-170 hp?

I can't even imagine it. The one thought I had was that one of the MotoGP factories might build a triple based on the 200cc cylinder technology already developed for MotoGP. But that's technology in part based on stuff that's outlawed here. More likely will just be reworked stock 600 motors, and one wonders if there's much value in spending a lot of money developing motors under these performance restrictions. And will the factories do much in the area of chassis development, or will this be an aftermarket game?

It's a tortured necessity, these rules, designed to utilize the one cheap, guaranteed source of powerplants, street middleweight motors. But WSB territoriality and GP tradition makes for rules that are considerably less than ideal. At least they didn't buy all those dynos that DMG have canceled orders on...
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