No changes in MotoGP Concessions rank at summer break 'window'

All five MotoGP manufa🎉cturers wi🧜ll remain at their current Concessions rank for the remainder of the 2024 season.

Francesco Bagnaia leads, Sachsenring 2024
Francesco Bagnaia leads, Sachsenring 2024

The start of the MotoGP summer break also marked the end of the next ‘window’ for reca𝕴lculating Concessions rank for each manufacturer.

The new system, introduced for the start of this year, distributes various technical pe🔜rks according to the percentage of maximum constructors’ points scored by each brand over 12 months.

That percentage is then converted into a r♎ank from♚ A-D, as follows: 

A >=85%

B >= 60% < 85%

C >= 35% < 60%

D <35%

The percentage and rank is recalculated twice per year: From the summer break of the previous year to the summer break of the cur🌄rent year, th🌠en from the first to last race of the season.

Recalculating from the summer break of ’23 until ‘24 shows all five factories have rem🌺ained in the same Concessions band, meaning there will be no changes to their rankings for the remainder of the 2024 world championship.

Despi💖te new restrictiꦑons on test tyres and a ban on any wild-cards, Ducati has increased its percentage of the maximum constructors’ points from 95% to 96% and easily stays in band A.

KTM h♑as lost 1% to 50%, to remain in the middle of band C. Aprilia is als♈o now on 50% but has improved by 5%.

Alex Rins, Takaaki Nakagami, Luca Marini
Alex Rins, Takaaki Nakagami, Luca Marini

The full D ranking perks for Yamaha and Honda, including in-season engine-design changes and private testing with their race riders, have not yet had a posit😼ive impact on their constructors’ points.

Yamaha has dropped 6% to 21% of the maximum avail🦄able, with Honda sinking a similღar 5% to 16%. Neither are therefore close to the 35% that would put them into rank C.

Cꦺoꦐnstructors’ points are awarded to the top bike from each manufacturer, in each race.

Yamaha’s cause will be help🏅ed next season with two more machines on the grid, courtesy of its new deal with Pramac, which will also reduce Desmose🍸dici numbers from eight to six.

Read More