Engine Rules Signal End of Burnouts
Added on Friday, August 14th, 2009 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments
Engine Rules Signal End of Burnouts
The new MotoGP engine rules will stop riders from celebrating using burnouts and other forms of celebration on bikes.
The new rules, which will begin to be implemented at this weekend’s Czech Republic Grand Prix round in Brno will reduce the amount of on-track celebrations, according to Valentino Rossi.
Each rider is allowed a maximum of five engine changes in the final rounds of the 2009 MOTOGP season. The new rules have been implemented in order to reduce MOTOGP costs through maintenance and replacing engines throughout the season as a result of recessionary impacts.
As a result of these rule changes, Rossi has explained that celebratory tricks on the track are likely to be reduced as they put unnecessary strain on the engine. Explaining the impact on him as a rider, Rossi said:
“It will change a little bit the way to work on the bike. Now you need to plan more which bike to use during practice and you have to always take care of the engine during practice and also after the race…It is another rule to save money, so it is important for this difficult period, but for sure it is another small ‘problem’.”
Rossi also speculated that the new rules will reduce performance slightly: “I think the engines, for the new rule, will lose a bit of power – we hope not a lot – and on Monday we have some small ‘details’ [to test], nothing incredible,” he said. “We will try to make another small step with the bike for the final races.”
By 2010, the rules will become even stricter, with all riders having to compete with just 6 engine changes across the whole 18 rounds of the competition.
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