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• MotoGP Returns to 1000cc Format, Drops 800cc

  
  Asphalt & Rubber A Blog with Motorcycle News, Rumors, Racing, and More A&R — Authority: 595
  MotoMatters is now confirming that as early as 2012 we will see MotoGP racing back in the liter-bike category . Never popular with the manufacturers, the 800cc rule change not only cost teams in added development costs, but also never brought the promised the safety and closer racing that is was supposed to offer. ...
  1 week ago

• MotoGP Back To 1000cc From 2012

  
  MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks - ... that wildcards at Valencia are the best way of getting around test restrictions — Authority: 144
  The 800cc formula is dead. MotoGP is set to return to 1000cc from 2012, according to a proposal submitted to the Grand Prix Commission at Valencia today. The 800cc bikes have received a deluge of criticism, almost from the moment they were introduced, and that deluge has finally buried them. The decision has hinged ...
  1 week ago

• Rookies-Only Test Approved For November

  
  MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks - ... that wildcards at Valencia are the best way of getting around test restrictions — Authority: 144
  The reduction in testing has been a double-edged sword in MotoGP, allowing costs to be cut on the one hand, but punishing the six rookies due to enter the class for the 2010 season. With so many rookies coming, the factories - or at least one of them - have been keen to bend the rules to help the incomers adapt to ...
  1 week ago

• MotoGP to Return to 990cc Formula?

  
  Asphalt & Rubber A Blog with Motorcycle News, Rumors, Racing, and More A&R — Authority: 595
  When MotoGP switched from the 990cc displacement format to the 800cc formula, it was done so on the idea that it would make the premiere racing class safer for the riders. This proved to not be the case, as the 800cc bikes clearly carried more corner speed through turns, and were still able to approach 990cc top ...
  1 week ago

• Ezpeleta Mulls A Return To 1000cc

  
  MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks - ... that wildcards at Valencia are the best way of getting around test restrictions — Authority: 144
  Ever since its inception, the 800cc MotoGP formula has been unpopular with both the fans and the riders. The high state of engine tune has made the formula extremely expensive, as well as requiring the extensive use of electronics just to make the bikes ridable. This, in turn, has taken much of the spectacle out of ...
  1 week ago

• 2010 MotoGP Calendar To Be Reshuffled After Valencia

  
  MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks - ... that wildcards at Valencia are the best way of getting around test restrictions — Authority: 144
  Putting together a season of international motorcycle racing is difficult enough at the best of times. But the 2010 calendar has proven to be a particularly tough nut to crack, as the FIFA Soccer World Cup and a reshuffle of the Formula One calendar has wreaked havoc and caused a number of high-profile clashes. Le ...
  1 week ago

• Moto2 Competitors List Announced

  
  Asphalt & Rubber A Blog with Motorcycle News, Rumors, Racing, and More A&R — Authority: 595
  The Selection Committee comprising  of the FIM, Dorna and IRTA met yesterday in Estoril to select the teams which will be invited to participate in the inaugural Moto2 season. Teams comprising a total of 39 riders were accepted. Teams comprising a total of 10 riders were placed on a reserve list. A detailed list is ...
  6 weeks ago

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