Racing
The Motorcycle World Championship is one of the most famous and longest running motorsport series. Events are followed by millions of people with the consequent huge media involvement.
The Motorcycle World Championship is divided into three different categories:
MotoGP: the Premier Class employs four-stroke prototypes of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 800cc, a new rule introduced from 2007 along with the controlled tyre rule – 14 front tyres and 17 rear tyres. This category represents the top of motorsports for people aged at least 18.
Moto2: it is the new intermediate category that took the place of the former 250cc two-stroke prototypes category. It allows to riders aged at least 16 to develop their riding skills with four-strokes of 600 cc machines to hopefully get ready to take part in the premier class.
Moto3: This is the entry class, used by young riders aged at least 15 to make their practice in the World Championship. They use four-stroke prototypes with 250 cc monocilindric engines
MOTO2: characteristics and details
Machines allowed to take part in this new class have very important constraints, with the objective to reduce costs and level the performance to give the teams the chance to show their development capabilities and the riders to show their riding skills.
Engines are equal for everybody, 4 cylinders 4-strokes 600cc given by Honda through the organizing body. Engines are given to the teams via a draw procedure, they last maximum 3 races and they are all changed and overhauled at the same time. A single provider also for tyres, Dunlop in this case, who give two compounds, same for everybody, for each race, in the measures of 125/75 17 e 195/75.
Electronics are limited to a single unit which cannot be modified and can only be connected to several sensors and the download of the telemetric data. It is provided by the promoter as well as transponders for the time gathering.
Other restrictions involve the clutch, provided to all by Suter, the minimium weight fixed in 135 kg and the prohibition to use carbon brakes.
Given these limits, each single team is called to give its own free interpretation of frame development, suspensions choice and superstructures study, with clear inferences to the aerodynamics.
