MotoGP switches to 1000cc in 2012

Posted: 12/12/2009 at 14:30

Posted: 13/12/2009 at 10:50

Posted: 14/12/2009 at 07:56

Should be 2011. MotoGP is prototype racing. Prototypes can be developed in a year, easily. If it was a production-based racing class then 2012 would make sense.

I can't see any of the manufacturers putting a great deal of effort into their 2011 bikes

Posted: 14/12/2009 at 16:39

Posted: 15/12/2009 at 13:29

So will Rossi still be racing in 2012 or will he use the opportunity to retire?

Questions eh?!

Posted: 15/12/2009 at 15:40

ZeroOneTwo - That'll be why they made it 2012 instead of 2011. I think Rossi will hang around for the first year just to win the first time, then retire.

So, the earlier they change things, the earlier he retires, and the earlier their viewing/attendance figures plummet.

Posted: 15/12/2009 at 19:06