Should MotoGP bikes be more restricted like NASCAR?

[KSGregman]

What kills MotoGP, IMHO, is "satellite" team racing. It's stupid to send two Ducatis and 3 or four Hondas and a couple of Yamahas out there on CLEARLY inferior bikes (often with engines and frames that are a season or two old) and then call it "racing."

It's NOT a competition if it's rigged so that only 3 or 4 bikes have a legimate chance to win and the other riders are just out there to "fill out" (though it's embarrassing to say that for MotoGP with only 17 riders when everyone is healthy) the grid.

Honda and Ducati and Yamaha should send everyone out on "factory" bikes.....no glaring technology gaps within the same brand.....you ride for Yamaha, you get the best Yamaha prototype available....same as Honda and Ducati....best rider wins. I honestly don't know how they talk kids into leaving Moto2 or WSB to go ride a bike that they KNOW has NO chance to win in MotoGP.

I think that ridding the field of all the electronic aids would be a HUGE step in the right direction too. What seperates the winners from the losers? The size of their balls and their skill on 2 wheels....not how good their ECU engineer in Japan is.

[smileyman]

Tony Elias feels your pain...

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by KSGregman

What kills MotoGP, IMHO, is "satellite" team racing. It's stupid to send two Ducatis and 3 or four Hondas and a couple of Yamahas out there on CLEARLY inferior bikes (often with engines and frames that are a season or two old) and then call it "racing."

It's NOT a competition if it's rigged so that only 3 or 4 bikes have a legimate chance to win and the other riders are just out there to "fill out" (though it's embarrassing to say that for MotoGP with only 17 riders when everyone is healthy) the grid.

Honda and Ducati and Yamaha should send everyone out on "factory" bikes.....no glaring technology gaps within the same brand.....you ride for Yamaha, you get the best Yamaha prototype available....same as Honda and Ducati....best rider wins. I honestly don't know how they talk kids into leaving Moto2 or WSB to go ride a bike that they KNOW has NO chance to win in MotoGP.

I think that ridding the field of all the electronic aids would be a HUGE step in the right direction too. What seperates the winners from the losers? The size of their balls and their skill on 2 wheels....not how good their ECU engineer in Japan is.

Agreed. I only started watching racing a couple years ago and the whole "satellite" concept just didn't make sense. Fast forward a couple years and I'm already guilty of just thinking "that's the way it is" and knowing a rookie (not allowed to ride a factory bike unless you have GP or Moto 2 experience) doesn't have a chance in hell of winning. Same as most of the grid.

[anthonyk]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Agreed. I only started watching racing a couple years ago and the whole "satellite" concept just didn't make sense. Fast forward a couple years and I'm already guilty of just thinking "that's the way it is" and knowing a rookie (not allowed to ride a factory bike unless you have GP or Moto 2 experience) doesn't have a chance in hell of winning. Same as most of the grid.

True, but it does give the factories the opportunity to see who the "best of the rest" is, letting them recruit without having to wonder how that rider will perform on a MotoGP bike.

Plus we can all smile when someone puts a Tech3 bike on the podium once a year or so.