MotoGP – Motorcycle Grands Prix: Honda remains the exclusive engine manufacturer of Moto2 –

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Motorcycle Grands Prix: Honda remains the exclusive engine manufacturer of Moto2

MotoGP - Motorcycle Grands Prix: Honda remains the exclusive engine manufacturer of Moto2 -

Honda is renewed for the next three seasons as the exclusive supplier of engines in Moto2. Until at least 2018, the motorcycles of the intermediate category will therefore continue to be powered by inline 4-cylinders of CBR600RR, prepared and maintained since 2013 by the Spanish company ExternPro.

Honda is renewed for the next three seasons as the exclusive supplier of engines in Moto2. Until at least 2018, the motorcycles of the intermediate category will therefore continue to be powered by in-line 4-cylinders of, prepared and maintained since 2013 by the Spanish company ExternPro.

Rabat delighted with his duel with Kallio

Esteve Rabat, 2014 Moto2 world champion, paid tribute to the combativeness and sportiness of his teammate Mika Kallio, with whom he fought until .

"Having Mika as a teammate is the best thing that has happened to me," said driver Marc VDS. “He’s a good guy, on and off the track. Off the track, each driver does his job on his own but we shared information. The important thing is that we fought where we needed to. to do, and it was on the track. He was superb on the track, he made no mistakes and never gave up. ".

A nice tribute from the new world champion, who will stay in Moto2 next year to defend his n ° 1 plate.

Introduced in to replace the 250cc 2-stroke, the Moto2 category has been playing the card of technological equality since its launch to promote the talent of pilots and focus on spectacle.

The allocation of the same engine for all is the cornerstone of this principle originally designed to end the domination of a single manufacturer, in this case the Piaggio group of the time of the 250cc. Thus, the Moto2 differ only by their chassis and their fairings, carefully refined by preparers such as Kalex, Suter or Tech3 with its Mistral 610.. 

The renewal of Honda as an exclusive engine manufacturer was decided when some manufacturers such as KTM expressed interest in taking over and others suggested a return to freedom of engine choice. Suggestions swept away by the organizer, Dorna, officially to contain expenses.

Result: the Moto2, theoretically the natural springboard to the premier category of motorcycle sport, continues to use an engine that is certainly reliable but aging because it has remained unchanged or almost since … 2007 (read in particular our) !

This block is therefore behind in terms of performance, compactness and technology compared to the references of the Supersport segment with 3 or 4-cylinders. A shame for a world championship discipline, already one of the few to ignore traction control !

"The Honda engine was very well received in the paddock but also proved to be very reliable, an extremely important aspect in motor sports", prefers Carmelo Ezpelata, the boss of Dorna Sports, for whom the partnership in place is ideal. to maintain costs … and its good relationship with the powerful Japanese manufacturer ?

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