Four-stroke class to replace 125
At a meeting of the Grand Prix C🦹ommission during this 🐈weekend's Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, it was confirmed that the 125cc class - the only two-stroke category remaining - will also 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 willꦓ not have a single engine supplier.
125cc i🍬s the last category remaining from the inaugural 1949 World Championship season.
The statement read:
"Application 2012
"The 125cc class will be replaced by the Mಌoto3 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 manufactu🦂rer if required should𓄧 be ready to supply a minimum of 15 riders.
"Th♔is proposal has been agreed by the majority ofꦗ MSMA."
The premier grand prix clas𝓀s changed from 500cc (two-strokes) to MotoGP (four-strokes) in🌼 2002.
Pete♓r has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
