Right then, am I reading that there will be two classes only in the moto gp racing? Factory class and open class? Yamaha factory against Honda repsol and everyone else in the open class? I get the rest of it but had heard there were x3 classes and possibly a fourth. HELP!
Not quite... Ducati will be a Factory entry... ... under the new rules a Factory team that hasn't won a dry race in the previous 12 months (Ducati) or a new manufacturer entry (Suzuki) can enter as a Factory 2 team and are allowed the Open team advantages (No freeze on engine development, 12 engines, extra testing using team riders, extra fuel, soft tyre). As a factory entry Ducati may also run their own software on Dorna's ECU. I assume Hernandez will still run in Open on a GP13 as planned.......1 win, 2 seconds or 3 third place finishes means a reduction in fuel by 2 litres and loss of the soft tyre option So Dorna are allowing Ducati to catch up ...... Honda and Yamaha clearly don't see them as a threat!
yeah i get that presidente, thanks, but how many actual classes are there then? Factory, yamaha and honda Factory 2 Ducati open class, everyone else? Is that correct? Ducati can win their class without turning a wheel? Sorry to appear numb but I have yet to speak to anyone who actually fully understands whats going on.
Reading above description, 2 classes: factory and open Ducati will be factory and wont win unless they beat Honda and Yamaha, but will be given some allowances for development etc which will bring them to the top end and potentially win. If they start winning, that allowance will be extinguished
There's only one Championship...... a team may enter the series under Factory or Factory2 or Open regulations but there's no seperate prize for winning Factory2 say.
Ahhh..... so there are 3 classes then. Thats what I am trying to figure out. I fancy Ducati being a lot more competitve this year. Extra 4 litres of fuel, 2 litres if they come good and, is the softer tyre going to play a part? The tyres are under so much as it is, I can't see any real benefit of using a softer compound which would probably go off before half race distance. At least Ducati can address any issues now, race by race.
no, there are two classes - factory and open. Unless you count the plucky guys at the back of the grid who can still mess around with their bikes as a third class, in which case, there are two and a half classes. Clear??
Found this http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/201289/1/final-2014-factoryopen-motogp-entry-list-revealed.html
There are no classes as such, just different categories, all racing for the win, 2nd and 3rd, no best in class as I understand it.
Interesting. I don't understand why Tech3 haven't gone down the Open route; perhaps Yamaha won't allow them..? I see also that Bautista's Gresini and Bradl's LCR are factory, again presumably because Honda don't want them to have a useful fuel or development advantage and start troubling the factory boys. I can see Aleix Espargaro having a field day this season. Hopefully Redding can hang on to his coat tails...
I would have thought the satellite teams - LCR and Tech3 - would have been punted straight into Open class so that the factories can still gain useful development time.
