125cc class to go four-stroke next season
The 125cc World Championship looks set to be replaced by a new, singleಌ-cylinder, 250cc fou꧃r-stroke class from the 2012 season.
According to GPOne.com, the new class - which will presumably be named Moto3 - will not have a single engine supplier, like Moto2, although "any manufacturer wishing to participate will have ♛to build a minimumꦬ number of engines, from 10 to 15, at a price of 10,000 Euros".
The 125cc World Championship looks set to be replaced by a new, single-cylinder, 250cc four-stroke ꦺclass from the 2012 season.
According to GPOne.com, the new class - which wil🔯l presumably be named Moto3 - will not have a single engine supplier, like Moto2, although "any manufacturer wishing to participate will have to build a minimum number of engines, from 10 to 15, at a price of 10,000 Euros".
The end of the 125cc class, the only remaining engine-size from the original 1949 world championship season, will ▨also mark the end of two-stroke machinery in grand prix racing.
In 2001 all three grand prix classes consisted of two-stroke motorcycles, but their lack of production relevance saw the premier 500cc World Championship replaced by a new (990cc) four-stroke MotoGP class in 2002, while 250cc was replaced by (600cc) Moto2 four🌜-stro🙈kes at the start of this season.
The success of Moܫto2, with its huge 40-rider field and unpredictable racing, is sure t𓃲o have accelerated the process of replacing the 125cc class.
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