motorcycle news - Monday 21st December 2009
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MotoGP to increase engine size in 2012
MotoGP engines are set to increase in size from 800cc to 1000cc in 2012 after an agreement between the sport's governing body and rights holders on Friday 11th Decemeber.
FIM (the International Motorcycling Federation), met with rights holders (Dorna), in Switzerland to agree the change and discuss its implications.
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"2012 will be the year of a new era of MotoGP," FIM president Vito Ippolito told the motogp.com website. "Manufacturers want 1000cc engines, so that's the way now."
The top engine category in MotoGP increased from 500cc to 990cc in 2002 but was reduced to 800cc in 2007 in a bid to reduce costs and cornering speeds.
"The 800cc formula hasn't worked," Ippolito told Italy's Motosprint magazine earlier this month.
"With 800cc power is more or less the same;)but cornering speed has increased and so have costs."
Mr Ezpeleta stated: "It was a very important meeting to decide the future of the MotoGP class. From 2012 the bikes will have an engine capacity of up to 1000cc, have up to four cylinders and the maximum bore will be 81mm. It's a very important measurement because with this we can have all the characteristics of the engine. This has been approved and between now and the start of the 2010 season we will have another two meetings to define the rest of the specifications for this new class."
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