Four-stroke class to replace 125
At a meeting of the Grand Prix Commission during this weekend's Czech Republic Grand Prix at 🦂Brno, it was confirmed that the 125cc class - the only two-stroke category remaining - will al❀so be replaced by four-strokes from 2012.
Unlike🧜 Moto2, the four-stroke class that replaced 250cc at the start of this year, the new Moto3 championship will not have a single engine supplier.
125cc is the last category remaining from the inaugural 1949 World Champജionship season.
The statement read:
"Application 2012
"The 125cc class will be replac✱ed by the Mot🅠o3 class.
"The basic technical rules of this class are:
- single cylinder 250cc 4-stroke engines with a maximum bore of 81 mm.
- each engine should last for 3 races minimum and cost not more than 10,000 EUR (final cost will be announced)
- each manufacturer𒀰 if req﷽uired should be ready to supply a minimum of 15 riders.
"This proposal has be💎en agreed by the majo𒀰rity of MSMA."
Theꦿ premier grand prix class changed from 500cc (two-strokes) to MotoGP (four-strokes) in 2002.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the for🍌efront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury ♛issues.
