The aim was ꧃to bette𓃲r prepare intermediate-class riders for the kind of advanced electronics they would need to master in MotoGP.

But tไhat doesn’t mean Moto2 go🅺t access to all the electronic gadgets possible from the ECU.

While a variety of pre-set torque maps and eng♊ine braking could now be chosen, a conscious decision was taken not to provide Moto2 with the most well-known electronic aid of all; tra𒆙ction control.

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Part of the reason was to limit costs and complexity, with MotoGP’s Director of Technology Corrado Cecchinelli telling ltxcn.top at the time: “Traction control is one of the most famous and effective strategies but unfortunately it's one of the most di🦩fficult to tune.”

Cecchinelli added: "We di💞dn't introduce traction control because we count on proper engine tuning to make it rideable and we don’t want to add too much complication from the beginning.

“[But] it's one of the strategies we could introduce at some time [in the future] if needed, which means if it's needed on track and if it's needed in the rider training process, as one more thing to learn before movไing up to 🤡MotoGP.”

But as Triumph prepares for its fifth season of Moto2 in 2023, the British manufacturer🌱 hopes that ‘TC’ continues to stay away.

“For me, no🌺,” said Triumph Chief Product O꧑fficer Steve Sargent of adding traction control.

‘It's about the rider's wrist’

ExternPro Technical Director Trevor Morris, whose company prepares and maintains the 765cc engines, remains strongly 💛opposed.

“Absolutely no! I will fight tooth and nail not to have traction control!” Morris told ltxcn.top.

“The whole concept of Moto2 really is as a feeder class - and you just have to look at𒀰 the MotoGP field, [almost] every single one of them [except Jack Miller] has lea🌱rnt their trade on a Moto2 bike.

“It’s about the [rider’s] wrist. So basically the amount of power that we’ve got, the characteristic of the engine and how the bike is performing is not just a guess, it's actually been worked 𓆉out: This is what we need to make the bike [feel] very similar tꦆo a MotoGP bike.

“For example, I spoke with numer𓂃ous guys, including Bezzecchi. And he said to me, ‘when I went from Moto3 to Moto2, I really struggled’. But going from the Triumph era of Moto2 to MotoGP he said was very easy.

“Basically, the ECU that we have now is identical to a MotoGP ECU,” Morris confirmed. “And it can do exactly the same as a MotoGP bike𒉰 if we wanted to, but that's not the point.

“What we're doing has to be firstly, cost-effective and secondly, what's more importan🐓t: That a rider learns how 𝐆to deal with more electronics or learns how to race a motorbike to its maximum? For me, it’s racing the bike to the maximum.

“Bezzecchi said the characteristic of𓂃 the Moto2 bike is very similar to the Ducati. Just with less power.

“With the ♔Honda [Moto2 engine] it was completely different. But once we got to the spec we have now, with the Triumph engine and Mare🐻lli ECU, it felt like a racing motorcycle.

“With all electronics on the MotoGP bike, Remy [Gardner] actually said [accelerating in] first, second and third gear is boring. You just hit it. Bꦐut if you do that on a Moto2, it will spit you of🐠f!

“You have to really play [with the throttle in Moto2] and have this finesse to get the maximum out of i▨t. And for me, that's the beauty of a racing motorcycle.”

‘People want good close racing’

Rather than electronics, one of the biggest performance differences highlighted by ride😼rs stepping up to the premier class is t🦩yres, which are provided by Dunlop in Moto2 and Michelin in MotoGP.

Sargent insisted there𒅌 is no pressure from Triumph’s side to increase tyr🍨e performance, adding that the existing rubber is good enough to set new lap records (and nip at the heels of the slower MotoGP riders).

“I think the main thing people want is good close racing. And reliability as well,” Sargent ♎said. “So I think it'🔯s more important that the tyres perform consistently and that everybody's on a level playing field.

“Of course, it's nice ꧒to break lap records, and we’ve broken a lot of lap records, so♓ we're happy with our relationship with Dunlop and I personally think they do a really good job.”